Whatever you teach them, they say, 'Hey! I can do that!' And they can. But when they go on stage, they can't; it doesn't look right.
為新和興擔任指導工作的台大教授曾永義指出，這些年來傳統歌仔戲曲調漸漸失傳，因為在「看比聽重要」的野台場地演出，文謅謅的四句聯對白、淒惻委婉的各式曲調都派不上用場。