Veteran playwright and critic Kung Min, who stepped in as the first art director of Kuo-kuang in January, notes that without traditions, Peking opera would no longer be Peking opera. However, if the traditions are to be retained completely, and they don't inject new breath into the old genre, audiences may well drift away.
剛在元月走馬上任國光第一屆藝術總監，資深劇作家兼劇評人貢敏認為，如果完全丟掉傳統，就不再是京劇；然而全盤保留傳統，不注入新生命，觀眾可能要流失。