"Chinese opera stresses 'artistic processing,' so even women have to master a set of formulas to act a female role. They can't just rely on intuition," he says. "When a man acts a female part, he's apt to observe and study the details even more closely, simply because of the sex difference.
「國劇既講究『藝術加工』，所以就算女性演旦角，也要熟練『程式』，不能憑著直覺本能就上台」，馬玉琪說，「這樣推算，男生演旦角，反倒因為是演『異性』，會特別仔細地揣摩觀察。