Of his experience directing and performing on the mainland, Stan Lai has stated that for mainland audiences, choice of subject matter and language are not of crucial importance. What grabs them, rather, is the structural design of plays.
提及大陸編導、演出經驗，賴聲川表示，對大陸觀眾而言，題材或語言不是問題，衝擊他們的是戲劇的結構，他們沒有看過相聲可以這樣做，對他們來說是一種新的震撼。