Cunningham is a gay writer who wants, as so many of us do, to achieve a mainstream readership – he succeeded with The Hours – but here he stacks the odds against himself.
She'd been offered small roles in movies and appeared on talk shows, achieving a mainstream crossover rare for an athlete, particularly from a niche sport like M.M.A. (When Kelefa Sanneh profiled Rousey, in July, 2014, he wrote, "Although the U.F.C. packs arenas all over the world, it still isn't quite mainstream, which means it is only an occasional presence on 'SportsCenter' or sports radio").
The EP received minor chart success, though not achieving a mainstream ARIA Singles Chart position, the EP reached the #1 position on the ARIA Alternative Chart, taking the place of Nirvana's single "Heart Shaped Box".
While abrasive, grindcore achieved a measure of mainstream visibility.
But since World War II, Jewish Americans whose ancestors came from Europe have achieved a degree of mainstream cultural acceptance.
While the whole idea of "prestige horror" tends to overwrite the rich history of "low" horror, it's worth mentioning that Halloween has achieved a degree of mainstream acceptance that no one dared grant Jennifer's Body.
Ralph Reed, the Republican political consultant who is the former executive director of the Christian Coalition, told me, "The thing that is interesting about John is that he has had this remarkable, almost unique career, in which he has had a strong political base within the conservative wing of the Party, and at the same time he has achieved success as a mainstream political figure.
Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü and R.E.M., had even signed to major labels.
And although Bone Thugs-n-Harmony hasn't achieved much mainstream success recently, the group lives on as a cult favorite.
