This is an age that actors and actresses (and artists in other areas) are critical of their audiences. There is a comic book artist who famously told people that if you don't like her comic book, don't buy it. She is now famous for a recent interview complaining that not only did people not buy her book, but the entire industry is shutting down because no one wants to buy the message the industry is promoting. No one is interested in gay, fat superheroes.

There was an actress who said she didn't want middle-aged white men to watch her movies. By magic, she got what she wanted.

One of the abilities of a good audience member is the ability to suspend belief. I can immerse myself in movies that most people cannot. Actors tend to play the same characters in every movie. Imagine if Cantiflas was replaced by Jerry Lewis?