But now many realize that, even if there were no jinguang puppet theater, traditional budaixi would still be in crisis. Scholars and traditionalists are looking at "flashy budaixi" in a different light, placing traditional and innovative forms in the same genre.
時至今日，即使沒有金光布袋戲，傳統布袋戲一樣岌岌可危，學者或是藝人大多不再以一種標準來看金光布袋戲，而所謂的傳統與創新也實在是相同的一家族。