{"id":5236,"date":"2025-09-30T03:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2025-09-30T03:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T03:12:58","slug":"wave-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/09\/30\/wave-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave Makers: Writing Taiwan&#8217;s Political Drama with Screenwriter Nina Peng \u53ad\u4e16\u59ec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Wave Makers<\/em><\/strong><strong>: The Story Behind Taiwan\u2019s Political Drama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s first political staffer series,\u00a0<em>Wave Makers<\/em>\u00a0(\u4eba\u9078\u4e4b\u4eba\u2014\u9020\u6d6a\u8005), is more than just a show\u2014it brought audiences closer to the real workings of Taiwan\u2019s democracy. Now, we\u2019re bringing its behind-the-scenes story to Seattle!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP required:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketleap.events\/tickets\/uwtaiwanstudies\/WaveMakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ticketleap.events\/tickets\/uwtaiwanstudies\/WaveMakers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2728 Special Guest:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Wave Makers<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0Screenwriter Nina Peng (\u53ad\u4e16\u59ec)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nina Peng (\u53ad\u4e16\u59ec) is an award-winning Taiwanese screenwriter and cultural commentator, best known as the co-writer of the acclaimed political drama\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81655481?source=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\"><em>Wave Makers<\/em> (\u4eba\u9078\u4e4b\u4eba\uff0d\u9020\u6d6a\u8005), available on Netflix<\/a>\u00a0. Her work bridges political storytelling, feminist narratives, and satire, earning both national and regional recognition for her contributions to screenwriting. Beyond television, Peng is the author of several illustrated books and the host of a podcast that explores politics, society, and creative life in Taiwan. She will join us in person to share:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her journey from political staffer to award-winning screenwriter<\/li>\n<li>How a single line of dialogue helped ignite Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketleap.events\/tickets\/uwtaiwanstudies\/WaveMakers#MeToo\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\">#MeToo<\/a>\u00a0movement<\/li>\n<li>The challenges, breakthroughs, and future of Taiwan\u2019s political drama<\/li>\n<li>An interactive Q&amp;A with the audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This event is a collaborative effort between the UW Taiwan Studies Arts &amp; Culture Program and its generous partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustw.watch\/en\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\">US Taiwan Watch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamflare.pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc\">DFFF Dream Flare Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Wave Makers: The Story Behind Taiwan\u2019s Political Drama Taiwan\u2019s first political staffer series,\u00a0Wave Makers\u00a0(\u4eba\u9078\u4e4b\u4eba\u2014\u9020\u6d6a\u8005), is more than just a show\u2014it brought audiences closer to the real workings of Taiwan\u2019s democracy. Now, we\u2019re bringing its behind-the-scenes story to Seattle! RSVP required:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ticketleap.events\/tickets\/uwtaiwanstudies\/WaveMakers \u2728 Special Guest:\u00a0Wave Makers\u00a0Screenwriter Nina Peng (\u53ad\u4e16\u59ec) Nina Peng (\u53ad\u4e16\u59ec) is an award-winning Taiwanese screenwriter<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/09\/30\/wave-makers\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":5239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,10],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-5236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-news","tag-2025-26-ac","region-taiwan"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wave Makers: Writing Taiwan&#039;s Political Drama with Screenwriter Nina Peng \u53ad\u4e16\u59ec - Taiwan Studies Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/taiwan\/2025\/09\/30\/wave-makers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wave Makers: Writing Taiwan&#039;s Political Drama with Screenwriter Nina Peng \u53ad\u4e16\u59ec - Taiwan Studies Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0Wave Makers: The Story Behind Taiwan\u2019s Political Drama Taiwan\u2019s first political staffer series,\u00a0Wave Makers\u00a0(\u4eba\u9078\u4e4b\u4eba\u2014\u9020\u6d6a\u8005), is more than just a show\u2014it brought audiences closer to the real workings of Taiwan\u2019s democracy. 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