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Only two major American film forms—the slapstick comedy and the western—with
Only two major American film forms—the slapstick comedy and the western—with
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2024-06-16
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Only two major American film forms—the slapstick comedy and the western—withstood the effects of foreign influences throughout the 1920’s, when the entire film industry, was dominated by the European moviemakers. These forms were already immensely popular all over the world (there was no need to make them more "artistic" by following the latest European fashions), and they were at once too successful and too lowly to warrant such improvements-they were considered "just entertainment." They bore no weighty messages, inspired no cults and no schools of esthetics. But they delighted audiences, both here and abroad, because they were so purely and simply America. Unconsciously, they represented all that was best in America without the slightest trace of intention, of sermonizing. The ingenuity and eternal optimism of the cornices and the cowboys’ spirit of adventure as they rode the plains in search of the next frontier were enough to carry the message of the American dream to tired Europeans, to cramped city dwellers, to small boys, to people everywhere.
What did these films promise to European audiences disillusioned and exhausted by World War I? The humble always triumphed over their powerful adversaries, the weak outwitted the strong and always implied was a future of riches, freedom, and happiness for all. The world of the westerns was a simple place for men with the pioneer virtues of honesty, courage, a taste for adventure, and a quick trigger ginger; the world of the comics was a crazy place, but with a little faith and a little luck, it could be a wonderful place.
选项
A、too successful to need improvement
B、too lowly to warrant improvement
C、too insane to improve artistically
D、both A and B
答案
D
解析
在文章的第一段,作者实际上已给出了不须“提高”的理由,即美国电影很成功,也很通俗,因此不必“提高”,故选D。
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