Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.
Norman LearRead
It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Audience engagement significantly enhances the enjoyment of a performance.
Norman Lear highlights the relationship between audience engagement and humor in performances. He suggests that when an audience cares about the content and the performers, their laughter and overall enjoyment increase, emphasizing the importance of connection in entertainment.
Themes
AudienceHumorEngagementLaughterPerformance
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about the importance of engaging with customers, you might say, 'As Norman Lear once observed, the more an audience cares, the harder they laugh.'
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