The job of mass entertainment is exactly the opposite of the job of art — 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.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The job of mass entertainment is exactly the opposite of the job of art — 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." in the context of "David Mamet, in an interview for the Salan Magazine (1997) quoted in American Theatre: History, Context, Form, Edinburgh University Press, 2011, p. 167." to mean that wisdom is timeless.