playing to the gallery

• showboatingOstentatious self-display
• panderingAppealing to lowest impulses
• grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
• applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
• crowd-pleasingAppealing to many

hamming · mugging · melodrama · spotlight · audience · cheering · bravado · theatrics · posturing · attention-seeking · populist · flattery · cheap thrills · showmanship · ego · performance · stage · clapping