Nagasvaram

Which of the following is NOT true of performance traditions?

A. They often involve community participation. B. Their characterizations and staging are passed down from generation to generation. C. They are based on a play text to be interpreted in performance. D. They are often linked to religious ritual.

Compare and contrast two of the three following young cinemas: China's Fifth Generation, the Hong Kong New Wave, the Taiwanese New Wave. What factors enabled the directors working within these movements to break into filmmaking? In what ways did the foremost directors in each country deviate from the narrative and stylistic conventions of earlier trends or of contemporaneous popular genres? What factors contributed to the decline of these young cinemas?

What will be an ideal response?