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<You say that the mainstream movie population <wants to see movies of substance. You say a lot of things, but you seem to <back them up with your own mere opinion, claiming the audience as a whole <shares your opinion. Good point, I read a lot of (rather negative) speculation on mainstream audiences in the latest messages. I wonder if anyone has actually considered doing research on mainstream audiences? (Considering my question to the salon a few weeks ago on contemporary research on (young) film audiences and the single reply I got (from someone who even isn't on this salon, but recieved the message trough a friend)- I guess not.) Anyway, this approach would allow us to speak with a little more insight and a little less speculative toughts. In my own research with young film audiences, I have found a rich variety of ways in which adolescents incorporate film (i.e. cinema-going, watching video/dvd, watching film on tv and on the internet) into their everyday life. They are film-literate and though there concept of being a film buff does not correspond to our high brow definitions of 'cinephilia', they are avid filmviewers, enjoying mainstream films. So please let's stop talking about "the audience" as an undifferentiated mass of dupes. best, Philippe __________________________________________ Philippe Meers Working Group Film and Television Studies Department of Communication Studies Ghent University Universiteitstraat 8 B-9000 Ghent Belgium tel ** / 32 / 9 / 264 68 92 fax ** / 32 / 9 / 264 69 92 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.psw.rug.ac.be/comwet/wgfilmtv/ __________________________________________