Lin Ku-fang contends that the current status of Taiwanese opera has nothing to do with the beauty of the art form per se. He argues that it is being excessively puffed up, which may cause local art forms to suffer the same weakness as the proverbial frog in the well--only able to see a small portion of the sky, he mistook it for the whole universe.
林谷芳覺得，今天歌仔戲的地位並非來自戲曲本身的優美，這樣過度的膨脹，會使來自地方的本土藝術產生「井蛙窺天」的毛病。