In her view, Peking opera actors, who smile without showing their teeth and weep without dropping a tear, merely "act out" their performances instead of "entering into them." This method she finds insipid and unsatisfying.
在她看來，國劇演員笑不露齒，哭不流淚，只要求「做戲」，而不要求「入戲」的表演方式，雖然有另一種趣味，卻不免「搔不到癢處」，不夠味兒。