I flew "in the day" and YES it would ruin it for me.
In Classic, if you are not stylish enough with the airplane, maneuvers and the power then IMO you aren't
in the mix at all.

That's the way it was back then and we all watched !!!!
We had all kinds of spectators too.
Phil Kraft was pure aerial ballet. The most pleasing to watch out of the whole group.
I was fortunate enough to have been with them all.
Witness that I still feel that way today and the last competition is ancient history now.

A few years ago they tried 'Artistic Aerobatics'. That was with music.
You don't see it today so there is the answer.
At least IMO !

8178 has it right.
Anything else isn't recreating the genre at all.