Full Idea
An audience can be overly moralistic.
Gist of Idea
Audiences can be too moral
Source
Daniel Jacobson (Ethical Criticism and the Vice of Moderation [2006], 'emotional')
Book Reference
'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (debates)', ed/tr. Kieran,Matthew [Blackwell 2004], p.351
A Reaction
People can be too moral in real life as well. Goody Two Shoes.