Recently, Russian troops hit Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, leaving Ukrainian President Zelenskiy confused and discouraged. He is a comedian with no political experience, but was put on the presidential throne by Ukrainians in 2019 because zelenskiy starred in an anti-corruption comedy called "Servant of the People".
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In 2015, a black and humorous TV series "Servant of the People" was born in Ukraine and was loved and sought after by the people of the whole country. The main plot of this TV series is: Vasha (Zelenskiy) is an ordinary middle school history teacher, he is from an ordinary family, divorced in middle age, and he is ostracized in school; once, because he was dissatisfied with the students being dragged to the election venue and complained about the national election system, he did not expect this scene to be filmed by students and posted on the Internet; Vashya became famous overnight and was elected president of the country; after becoming president, Vasha came to power, he implemented a series of effective reforms and resolutely fought against corrupt officials and oligarchs...
Promotional posters.
That year, once the comedy was broadcast, word of mouth and ratings were both harvested, and the lead actor Zelenskiy became one of the most influential actors in Ukraine because of the play. To this end, in 2017, the second season of "Servant of the People" was launched, and word of mouth and ratings were still good. On Douban, the first and second seasons of this excellent comedy have a rating of 9.0.
A few years after the TV series aired, Zelenskiy, who was loved by the Ukrainian masses, decided to participate in the presidential election, but he did not expect that in 2019, he really led the way in the voting election and was successfully elected as the president of Ukraine, which really surprised other countries.
The president of the real Ukraine inspects the front line.
Indeed, because the Ukrainian people at that time were extremely disappointed in the state in power and the plutocratic oligarchs, and they hoped that Zelenskiy would bring the country to prosperity and the people out of the mud, as in the role of Servant of the People. Unfortunately, the direction of reality and the development of film and television dramas seem to be diametrically opposed. Now that Ukraine is in a deep crisis, Ukrainians are surrounded by war, and President Zelenskiy is full of sorrow, completely without his spirit in the TV series, which has to be said that reality is reality, the game between countries is not a child's play, and a politically white "actor" President really can't afford to play.