Once again, this tale doesn't exactly match the thread, but I think it matches the "spirit".

A Very Famous Film-maker came to town, and there was to be a talk and screening of his films. He did the sort of films everyone talks about but few have seen.
The theater was packed, 300-plus. He stood at the front & spoke for 15 minutes. He turned away to thunderous applause. The lights went down, his first film came on.
A half-hour later, it ended, the lights went up, he rose and turned, to an audience consisting of me and one other guy. 298 people had fled the godawful film! I'd been to polite to leave, dammit!
He pretended not to notice, and addressed some remarks to the somewhat embarrassed pair.
When the lights went down again, the other guy and I could stand it no more, and fled, leaving him alone with his film!