I had to read the subtitles up on the screen just to understand what was said. It was a real barrier for me. "Private opera troupes in the PRC agree that state-run troupes these days seem to be performing only for the benefit of a few experts off in Beijing, and that this is different from what gezai xi has always been: an easily accessible form of entertainment for ordinary people.
民間劇團也認為目前公立劇團的演出，似乎只在服務少數中央的專家學者，與歌仔戲向來親近民眾，貼近生活的表演不同。