[Lancey Howard]

It implies - for some members of the audience at least - that there is a philosophical contract that says an artist must entertain an audience only in the ways that audience sees fit.

Uh, no, ya simple bung-hole - - it implies that an artist must entertain an audience the way the people are hired the artist and are writing the check see fit.

[Lancey Howard]

(That last post, #57, was obviously directed at the NYT, not you.)

BTTT

Regards,
LH