On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:53 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> "As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical > ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what > they're watching." (Kristi Yamaguchi) > > > - The job of mass entertainment is to cajole, seduce and flatter consumers to let them know that what they thought was right is right, and that their tastes and their immediate gratification are of the utmost concern of the purveyor. The job of the artist, on the other hand, is to say, wait a second, to the contrary, everything that we have thought is wrong. Let's reexamine it. DAVID MAMET, *Salon* interview, 1997
