But the audience is meant to cheer when the police detective played by Joe Mantegna cries, "Get out of my city!"

The audience is meant to nod approvingly.

The clones are obviously the characters the audience is meant to identify with.

The audience is meant to be distracted by the non-issue of whether Rita and Jeff will sustain their romance.

The sense of a visceral reality in which the audience is meant to share is insisted upon throughout.

The audience was meant to see the ballerina float across the stage, not sweat.

He carries a large orange bag into his trunk, and the audience is meant to presume that Peter killed this little girl.

The audience is meant to wonder about the power of suggestion if not demonic influence.

While the book is written to be understood by anyone, the primary audience is meant to be Christians.

In any narrative, the focal character is the character on whom the audience is meant to place the majority of their interest and attention.