What is interesting is that this new genre, originally devised as a way to smuggle in performances that could stymie the colonial government's surveillance, eventually developed not only in theaters but also in open-air venues, and can still be found in force at local temple festivals.
有趣的是，這種原只是戲班藝人用以混淆殖民政府視聽、「偷渡」歌仔戲的劇種，終戰後，卻自發性地在內台蔓延，最後延續到外台，至今在地方廟會仍十分盛行。