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...What's wrong with American films and TV," he adds, "is that sponsors pander to the public's demand for a moral." Americans "get off easy" by identifying with virtuous characters...

Author: By John D. Leonard, | Title: International Seminar | 7/24/1958 | See Source »

...poet must not, however, use this refusal to pander to public taste as an excuse for obscurantism and the rejection of all audiences, Muir asserted. A poet always needs an audience for which to create. Often he doesn't find it--or it doesn't find him--until late in his career. He must therefore create it in his imagination. "Many of Yeats's poems were written this way, before he had found their audience," Muir said...

Author: By John H. Fincher, | Title: Poet Must Write for Individuals, Not Public as Whole, Muir Says | 3/9/1956 | See Source »

Byrne said he would ask Mayor John B. Hynes to revoke h licenses of the two burlesque houses when he returns from abroad. "We have a juvenile problem on our hands already and for purveyors of filth to be allowed to pander to audiences of all ages is something that should not be tolerated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police May Close Old Howard After Pinch of 3 Girls | 10/30/1953 | See Source »

...wringing about the 'fate of the humanities'." He goes on to say, "Much of what passes for appreciation of the arts and letters in some circles is a combination of antiquarianism, a collector's instinct and the old snob appeal of a 'gentleman's education.' The academic people who pander to these tastes to my mind do a positive disservice to the humanistic tradition, which is in fact the tradition of the continuing triumphs of the creative human spirit...

Author: By J.anthony Lukas, | Title: Four Humanities Professors Deny Area's 'Snob Appeal' | 2/6/1953 | See Source »

...fate of the humanities." The truth of the matter is that much of what passes for appreciation of the arts and letters in some circles is a combination of antiquarianism, a collector's instinct, and the old snob appeal of a 'gentleman's education." The academic people who pander to these tastes to my mind do a positive disservice to the humanistic tradition, which is, is fact, the tradition of the continuing triumphs of the creative human spirit...

Author: By James B. Conant, | Title: The President's Concluding Report: A Summing-Up and a Glance Ahead | 1/24/1953 | See Source »

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