You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.
If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.
If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things.
I don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive.
You want the audience to be uncomfortable.
You think about taking audiences on a journey.
Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up.
You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.
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