Whenever someone implies that something being made for the masses reduces its value, I remember that Roman-made satires made for the least common denominator in the Roman Empire went on to inspire Shakespeare's work.

@Ulfra_Wolfe Shakespeare himself also writing for the least common denominator, thus all the crass jokes now lost in translation

Kabuki was a populist art too

Also, Norman Rockwell covers were only separated from High Art by being for mass consumption