PrepTest 106 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 22

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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22.

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Supported.

73%

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The author doesn’t compare the talent level of people in the past to people of today.

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Anti-supported. The author says in P3 that studios today are more dependent on the mass-media industry.

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The author doesn’t compare how interesting publicity of the past was to publicity of today.

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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.

17%

PrepTest 106 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 22

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