Whether it's high art or low art, traditional drama does after all exist in its own traditional settings and have its own characteristics. And it would be wrong to criticize outdoor theater by imposing on it the viewpoints of Western or modern professional theatre, or of pure art.
新加坡國立大學中文系教授容世誠指出，不論藝術高低，畢竟傳統戲曲有傳統戲曲的原本生態環境與特色，強以西方或是現代專業劇場，或是純藝術的角度來非議野台戲並不適當。