I've NEVER really had a problem with the IMAGINATION level of an AUDIENCE. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.
I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it CAME out. You SEE this YOUNG, hungry ACTOR, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen TESTED. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.