Wang says the festival made this bold move after considering Jimmy ’ s immense popularity and the positive critical and popular response to director Michael Li ’ s earlier adaptations of Jimmy ’ s Sound of Colors and Mr. Wings, which were staged at the National Theater and National Concert Hall.
王文儀分析，如此看似「大膽」的嘗試，一來是藉由幾米本身的廣大人氣為號召，二來是導演黎煥雄過去也曾改編幾米的《地下鐵》、《幸運兒》登上兩廳院，口碑、票房迴響甚佳。