Self-study
P1
As one of the most pervasive and influential popular arts, the movies feed into and off of the rest of the culture in various ways. ███
Intro to Topic ·
Movies and pop culture
Historical Context ·
Mutually beneficial relationship between Hollywood and the press
Hollywood makes the movies. The press promotes them. Both benefit but author claims that benefit to the press is more important.
P2
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Present Day ·
Interdependent mass-media entertainment industry
Mass media does most of the promotional work for Hollywood because they are economically incentivized to do so.
P3
Problem ·
Mass media affects creation of new films
Why is this a problem?
Problem ·
Narrow focus on profit
The suits are more frequently making the artistic choices that the artists should be making.
(New) Problem ·
Profit is based on publicity, not on whether the movie connects with audience
Consequence / Prediction ·
Emotionally powerful movies will be increasingly rare
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
22.
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a
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b
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The author doesn’t compare the talent level of people in the past to people of today.
c
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Anti-supported. The author says in P3 that studios today are more dependent on the mass-media industry.
d
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The author doesn’t compare how interesting publicity of the past was to publicity of today.
e
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The author doesn’t suggest that the star system accounts for “most” of the difference in quality. Although it might be a factor in quality, the author never identifies anything as the main or primary factor in quality differences.