Critics like Robert Warshow and Judith Hess Wright argue that genre films are a modern mythology because ________
A) as a mass-produced form of entertainment, they can reflect and/or influence cultural beliefs
B) a genre's character types are larger than life, idolized by children and adults alike
C) the most important genres (e.g.,the Western, the screwball comedy, science fiction) repeat storylines that grow directly out of classical Greek narratives
D) like classical myths, they provide directors a standard template to work with but allow room for the "storyteller's" individual input
A
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