The easygoing manner in which his comments are presented makes them all the more effective. "Storytellers used to be popular because there was little entertainment and many illiterates," Wu says. "Now that everyone can read and entertainment is everywhere, if you want to attract an audience, you've got to rely on your verbal expression and literary skills."
「以前說書受人歡迎，一方面是娛樂少，一方面是文盲多，民間只得聽聽說書人說歷史故事排遣時光；現在大家都識字了，娛樂種類也多了，還要吸引人家來聽講古，就得靠在語言、文學上的表達了」，吳樂天說。