Musical demonstration

I was thinking some more about my post from the other day. Specifically, Hanson's point that you can't make a lot of money by writing television that aspires to be art, and how that creates a divide among writers - those who write for the mass audience and want to draw in as many viewers as they can, and those who write shows that will never appeal to more than a niche audience, but the result is a better quality TV show. And it reminded me of a song that I tend to think of as the unofficial Joss Whedon anthem, "Nine People's Favorite Thing," from the musical [title of show]: