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Re: Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central [#permalink]
Could you please explain with reasoning ?
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Re: Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central [#permalink]
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here's my line of reasoning


Premise 1: The play La Finestrina, now at Central Theater, was written in Italy in the eighteenth century
Premise 2: Although the actor who plays Harlequin the clown gives a performance very reminiscent of the twentieth-century American comedian Groucho Marx, Marx's comic style was very much within the comic acting tradition that had begun in sixteenth-century Italy

Conclusion: The director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater

This is an assumption question. The answer choice that logically denied invalids the argument is the correct answer choice.

(D) the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the director's claim

logically denied
the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina serves as evidence against the director's claim

if this is true the conclusion of the director cannot be true. So this should be the correct answer choice.
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Re: Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central [#permalink]
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here's my line of reasoning


Premise 1: The play La Finestrina, now at Central Theater, was written in Italy in the eighteenth century
Premise 2: Although the actor who plays Harlequin the clown gives a performance very reminiscent of the twentieth-century American comedian Groucho Marx, Marx's comic style was very much within the comic acting tradition that had begun in sixteenth-century Italy

Conclusion: The director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater

This is an assumption question. The answer choice that logically denied invalids the argument is the correct answer choice.

(D) the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the director's claim

logically denied
the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina serves as evidence against the director's claim

if this is true the conclusion of the director cannot be true. So this should be the correct answer choice.


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Re: Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central [#permalink]
This is a Must Be True question. The question is: "The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that" can be paraphrased as "The statements above support which of the following?"

IMO D is the correct answer. Here's my reasoning:

D) The performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the director's claim

The director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater.

The premise states that the actor gives a performance very reminiscent of Groucho Marx. Groucho Marx's comic style is one that started in the 16th century Italy. Since the La Finestrina was written in the 18th century, so the actor must have performed a performance that was similar to that of the actor in the original La Finestrina. In conclusion, this actor performance cannot serve as evidence against the director's claim. It is either neutral or strengthen the claim.



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