By John Rockwell Doug: The issue of audience sophistication and naivety is bound up with the democratization of the arts. The ideal, for those who believe the arts have been dumbed down by yahoo audiences (meaning rubes, not subscribers to that estimable e-mail etc. site), is of a Leo Straussian elite, guardians of the refined […]
Archives for December 14, 2006
McLennan: Applause Creep
John: Point taken – I’ll try to focus this entry on more or less one idea. The other day I was a guest on a CBC radio show as part of a panel talking about “applause inflation.” Of course it does seem that all anyone has to do anymore is walk on stage and get […]