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It's quite simple: mass market content is made for the lowest common denominator. See also, Jack of all trades, master of none. It's not a phenomena unique to
by catalogia 7y ago
It's quite simple: mass market content is made for the lowest common denominator. See also, Jack of all trades, master of none.
It's not a phenomena unique to movies, or the modern international economy, it's a pattern that pops up all over the place. Look at multi-tool pocket knives: capable of doing many things, but mediocre at everything.
- aptwebapps 7y agoAnd as you expand to a global audience, the lowest common denominator gets lower.
- ghemsley 7y agoThat doesn't necessarily follow.
- aptwebapps 7y agoI mean, mathematically it certainly does, but maybe the metaphor is getting a bit strained.