Most Depression movies, like much of popular culture, tended to
A. middle-class morality and traditional values.
B. critique the status quo.
C. push the limits of sex and violence in a time of social upheaval and discontent.
D. provide dark images of horror or tragedy that played to the emotional despair of a suffering nation.
Answer: A
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