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“The film panders to a very specific section of my dad’s fandom that still lives in the fantasy,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Despite the strengths of Monk's character, the episode's ending feels tacked-on and panders to a non-disabled audience, where a disabled character is "fixed."

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2022

The characters were developed in a way that honors audiences rather than panders to them.

From The Verge • Nov. 19, 2021

In a season when pop culture panders with noisy space battles and singing cats, Mulaney offers counterprogramming, a quirky variety show with a modern Broadway sensibility.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019

When any of these panders die, although in their life they were received into the best company, they are now held unworthy to rest among the worst.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert