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[考试辅导] GMAT考试写作指导:Issue写作范文五四

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54. Clearly, most popular films and television shows are superficial and/or include a 1 J+ ]0 q" V; R& Y7 _
certain amount of violence or obscenity. Just as clearly, popularity leads to commercial
$ O- Q9 {5 E" j  Gsuccess. But can we conclude that these productions are overly influenced by
2 t  v. P, _: d3 R1 Hcommercial interests? Perhaps not, since some popular films and television shows are ; d* _4 T8 E$ C- [
neither superficial, obscene, nor violent. Closer scrutiny, however, reveals that most # S# a% @3 A4 e4 [& k; X( l1 A
such productions actually support, not disprove, the thesis that commercial interests
: u* s: m$ H( [; e3 |. W, adictate movie and television content.
, o0 k8 d0 B1 }! c- T# S! ]      One would-be threat to the thesis can be found in lower-budget independent films,
. a) k+ q& V4 s' ~, l$ [, q. U: awhich tend to focus more on character development and topical social issues than on
9 f* K+ h& Z6 ?. @sensationalism. Recently, a few such films have supplanted Hollywood's major studio
8 x; o$ n* z, ?% M" J8 sproductions as top box-office hits. Does this mean that profit potential no longer dictates * b8 e+ b4 x! b/ O6 D
the content of films. No; it simply suggests that the tastes and preferences of the movie-$ J! f2 T2 q. }4 r8 y" N
going public are shifting.
5 ^3 O, z2 G2 J# n3 F/ e" D      A second ostensible challenge to the thesis can be found in companies such as
8 N5 I, B+ r) ]2 y* mDisney, whose productions continue to achieve great popularity and commercial success,
2 F; \  i- n: U& h3 Kwithout "resort to an appeal to baser interests. Yet it is because these productions are 6 ?# G' _$ M* [, v3 T
commercially successful that they proliferate.; @2 n7 h7 H( E% s1 J4 a- B
      The only cogent challenge to the thesis is found in perennial television favorites
" u! @9 n+ P( f* {1 c# Nsuch as "Nova." a public television show that is neither commercially supported nor
) O. M5 L- |0 _  l( B, ^- m* p4 f9 oinfluenced. However, such shows are more in the nature of education than entertainment, 6 K; f; i' s3 j- J3 c- r: @  u
and for every one program like "Nova" there are several equally popular—and highly
; N+ f3 ~# i! M% O8 O" P& P$ Esuperficial—programs.. e, k8 V8 |1 r# e
      With few exceptions, then, commercial success of certain films and television
$ V; e, I( s6 Jshows is no accidental byproduct of popularity; it is the intentional result of producers' , z0 u' O+ F+ K2 D
efforts to maximize profits.
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