I call it a flattening -- the search for the broadest audience and to avoid offending *anyone* drives all media to the most boring mean. A thing is best when it is loved by none, hated by none, and easily consumed so as to leave space for the next consumable.

feels in line with this observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/why-everyone-is-hot-and-no-one-is-horny