According to a remark by Gintaro KITAMURA, the first owner of the Shinjuku Suehirotei theater, a yose and rakugo cannot be separated because, for rakugo storytellers, yose are only the place where they can polish their storytelling techniques, and audiences also enjoy the growth of the performers and the differences in the performance of each rakugo storyteller; it is said that while 'complete' performances are presented in the rakugo performed in halls, rakugo in yose are, due to their being 'incomplete,' interesting and performed seriously.
寄席が落語と切り離せないのは、落語家にとって寄席が修行の場であり芸を磨く唯一無二の舞台とされること、観客も贔屓の演者の成長と演者ごとの演出の違いを楽しむという点にあり、「完成品」を見せるホール落語と違い寄席落語には「未完成」なりの面白さ、真剣さがあるとされる（新宿末廣亭初代席亭の北村銀太郎の発言より）