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I think Law and Order was a direct commercial venture.
I think he recently said Go Insane was a commercial venture.
In the end, I think it is possible to be both and clearly he wants to be commercially successful or he would have left The Mac after Tusk and certainly after Mirage (where they made more millions) -- yet, he came back three times, and admitted that The Dance was about the money and SYW came about because Warner's did not want the GOS but would take him with The Mac. So, commercial viability mattered to him at least four times in the past because he certainly had enough money to release all of his solo records after Tusk and never do a Mac commercial project again - but he did not and kept running back to the Mac - which I think does both art and commercially successful very well. I will note UTS is not in any way commercially viable and he seems happy with that, but only after having his cake and eating it too for 20+ years and while protesting during that time. Again, the man built a like $15 million house and lived at The Four Seasons for like a year. Clearly, he likes the money.
Of course, he could have been coming back to The Mac to be with Stevie
