Like I said, Carey pushes the boundaries. He plays to all audiences (AND BEYOND), as any performer must do in certain situations, without attempting to target any particular segment of the audience but, rather, the largest part of the audience he can play to. Any performer worth his weight in salt does the same. You can't produce satire for Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest or Smart, Smater and Smartest... ya gotta go with dumber or the smarter and hope to hit the middle as accurately as possible when you play to a wide audience. No? Surely most in this here Café, at least among the performers of whatever sort, understand what it takes to entertain the widest audience possible???

Hmmm... if your marquee says Traditional New England Sea Shantys then all the patrons who enter will be entertained. If it says New England Folk Music and you sing too many shantys, expect someone to write a bad review. Is that a better explanation?