Why did American audiences embrace the film noir, with its dark moodiness that marked a dramatic departure from the lavish spec¬tacle and optimism characteristic of Hollywood films in the 1930s?
What will be an ideal response?
It reinforced the suppressed cynicism that followed America's involvement in World War II, which revealed the industrialized slaughter of the war.
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While seeing a doctor about a cold, the doctor asks Keena to lift up her shirt, and then places a
stethoscope to her back and has her breath in deeply.??This is an example of what kind of touch? A) violation-boundary B) social-polite C) sexual-arousal D) professional-functional
What are some ways that individuals use nonverbal communication to display prejudice or discrimination?
What will be an ideal response?
The force of promoting engagement, globalism, secularism and capitalism
A) is nurtured and sustained by economic interdependence. B) derive from the desire to preserve, protect and defend what is seen as unique but threatened. C) is viewed as dysfunctional and ineffective. D) highlights our prejudices toward other cultures.
A product’s features are the:
a) examples used to demonstrate the product’s quality. b) benefits the product provides the company that buys it. c) the things the company that made the product or service cares about. d) all of these answers are correct.