To be sure, HEPP is a aberration in today's world, in which most traditional art forms rely on government subsidies to exist. On their own, they have held a series of promotional activities and have managed a resurgence of puppet theater. Even people who aren't budaixi fans wonder what their secret is.
的確，在傳統戲曲大多得靠政府補助的今天，霹靂布袋戲真是個另類異數，他們不僅掀起布袋戲的新浪潮，且話題不斷、動作頻頻的造勢活動，即使不是布袋戲迷的觀眾也不禁想一探其掌中玄機。