by Laura Damone Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:28 pm
Gladly!
Question 4 asks you to "strengthen the author's argument concerning any modification of a film for distribution." So, first thing we need to do is articulate the argument we're tying to strengthen. What happens during the distribution of a film is covered in paragraphs 2 and 3. The author uses a lot of strong language: "mutilated" in line 9, "incompetent" in line 11, "deformations" in line 23, to name a few instances. So the argument seems to be that modifications are bad because they change the way audiences perceive the film.
Now to answer choice C: This answer feels out of scope to me two different counts. First, it's about professional commentaries, whereas the argument we're trying to strengthen is about audience perception. Professional commentaries are important in paragraphs 1 and 4, but not in 2 and 3.
Second, C is about other types of artwork. The argument we're trying to strengthen is about film.
That second issue can be hard to spot because paragraph 4 does deal with other artwork. But, it draws a distinction between other art forms, in which reproductions are clearly not the original work, and film, in which reproductions are treated as though they are the original work. Showing a similarity between professional commentaries on film and those on other types of artwork wouldn't support this author's argument. If anything, it would do the opposite.
Laura Damone
LSAT Content & Curriculum Lead | Manhattan Prep