American Audience Quotes
On what audiences want, and what they'll accept.
These American audience quotes push back against low expectations, arguing that audiences are more open to serious, well-made work than they often get credit for. Alan Autry shares a related view on public taste elsewhere on the site.
Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.
I believe that the American audience is not so dumb that they wouldn't be interested in a black story.
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If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
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Are there related quotes about storytelling and reception?
One quote takes on economics specifically, noting how quickly audiences tune out a subject that has a reputation for being dull. For more on storytelling and reception, see Matt Kuchar and Paul Fleischman.
