What about the shock to Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring?" or the idea that a musician is a "sell-out" if s/he is too commercial? The accusation of sell-out is usually leveled at a person in a commercial culture when s/he has "abadoned" a niche audience for a large scale audience. The shock of the new is largely a reaction of middle class audiences against the so called "avant garde." The reaction, the sense of betrayal is essentially the same.
-- Jerry Monaco's Philosophy, Politics, Culture Weblog is Shandean Postscripts to Politics, Philosophy, and Culture http://monacojerry.livejournal.com/
His fiction, poetry, weblog is Hopeful Monsters: Fiction, Poetry, Memories http://www.livejournal.com/users/jerrymonaco/
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