#pandering

There was polite laughter in the courtroom. Bosch noticed that the attorneys -- prosecution and defense -- dutifully joined in, a couple of them overdoing it. It had been his experience that while in open court a judge could not possibly tell a joke that the lawyers did not laugh at. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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#opportunism #pandering #power #experience

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

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#between #complex #creatively #critical #difficult

If you start pandering to young people, you're going to get accused of simply giving people what they want. ↗

— Brian Williams

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#get #giving #going #pandering #people