Criticisms were that the plots were absurd and premodern-style, and that the visually eccentric choreography (what is called "Keren"), such as "chunori" (a flight on wires from the stage over the heads of the audience) & "hayagawari" (a quick change of costume), were not orthodox, and so on.
批判の内容は、筋書きが荒唐無稽で、前近代的であるとか、宙乗りや早替わりなどの、見た目には奇抜な演出（ケレンと呼ばれる）が、演劇として本来あるべき演出ではない、などであった。