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Originally Posted by JPhillips
HA = Rousseau?
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The theatre, actually, is significantly different than most of the other arts in regards to its relationship to an audience. The Greeks had some compelling arguments about the necessity of audience to dramatic performances.
It's certainly not a wingnut position to argue that the arts exist solely to satisfy a wider audience, but it's not an argument in which I find as much merit as with the positions I've outlined in this thread.