"In their collaboration on the Dante Project," he said, "they have the opportunity to redefine themselves as scholars, playwrights, performers, poets and teachers, who are listened to and respected by audiences at the university and beyond.
But was he a great director or just an inquisitive and urbane fellow who respected the audience's intelligence?
They also respected their audience's intelligence and insight about entertainment, information, and honesty.
David Nutter joined the project because he wanted to make a pilot that respected the audience but that was still fun and smart.
Mr. Wecxsteen agreed: "He respects dancers, audiences, everybody".
If the powers that be down in good old Radelaide don't respect Australian audiences enough to rein in their own nutty professor, I don't see how any cabaret artist, Australian or international, could choose to perform.
A true football artist who understands that art doesn't have to be beautiful, it doesn't have to respect its audiences or their admission fees.
"Because we respect the audience and we think that the audience can decide for themselves, we never show directly to them what the problem is and we don't want to make any statement.
St . Louisartist Damon Davis called for a boycott of the white artist, saying, "If you don't respect your audience, if you don't even know who your audience is, you don't deserve one".
"I was shocked", said Cianfrance at the London film festival in October, "because I think we really tried to respect the audience in this film.
