71. Network President Leslie Moonves has repeatedly said his network likes young viewers but prefers going after a mass audience. 72. Niche films are movies designed to be successful without necessarily attracting a mass audience, intended for specific demographic subgroups, like the male teen-agers who enjoy slasher movies. 73. Now, the Overtime Campaign has unexpectedly made politics a story with a mass audience again. 74. Obviously, this was a film designed to appear important and humanistic, but one that was unwilling to challenge its perceived mass audience in the process. 75. No, because its challenging minimalism will make it a tough sell for a mass audience. 76. Perhaps the intimate art of the song recital, by its nature, will never be for mass audiences. 77. Punk began as urban music, with a subterranean roar like the New York City subway, yet it took hold and built its mass audience in the suburbs. 78. Remarkably, it does not talk down to a mass audience or assume an elitist tone. 79. Shakespeare, he said, should be treated almost as a pop writer who wrote for mass audiences. 80. Saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. has won both a mass audience and the respect of his jazz elders. |