Scholar Lee Ou, now living in the States, that though "Desire" is kitsch, the script did indeed bring long-repressed "desires" to the surface, and served as a collective emotional outlet. Chinese Woman concludes, "What 'Desire' realizes is the human 'calling out for virtuous beauty'."
旅居美國的學者李歐梵認為，「渴望」儘管媚俗，卻的確觸發了一個壓抑良久的「渴望」﹘﹘集體的感情發洩。