Since the rescinding of restrictions on the media in the 1990s, the theater's social-political commentary role has gradually declined in importance. As Lai has put it, "The revolution has already succeeded, so our mission has already been completed."
九○年代，媒體多了，劇場也漸漸失去這個功能，賴聲川的說法是：「革命已經成功，任務已經完成。」