Since multiplexes began springing up in Taiwan a decade ago, business for traditional large theaters, which also featured the smell of mildew and the occasional rat, bottomed out--some have closed their doors and others have been torn down or converted for other uses.
近 10 年，多廳式新影城興起後，早年那種挑高巨大、霉味撲鼻，甚至鼠輩出沒的古老戲院，生意一落千丈，不是關門歇業就是拆除改建；還有的乾脆改演鋼管秀，淪為牛肉場。