Potboiler

A potboiler is an artistic work (usually written) created for the sole purpose of making money quickly or to maintain a steady income for the artist, thus implying that artistic values were subordinate to saleability.

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The word was derived from "to boil the pot": in other words, the author wrote the book to keep a pot of food boiling.

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One of the most famous potboilers is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, demonstrating that works written primarily for money are not always of subpar quality.

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On September 22, 1959, television host Mike Wallace used the term while interviewing writer Rod Serling about his upcoming show, "The Twilight Zone" during Wallace's show, The Mike Wallace Interview (1957)

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