Film Critic: The actors in the recently released movie, Faraway Isle, perform their roles in a style intended by the film’s director to be reminiscent of the early “talkies”(movies made shortly after the technology necessary to add sound was first available).Some have noted that the actors in Faraway Isle gesture and inflect in a noticeably overstated manner generally reserved for live theater, but actors from the “talkies” were directed to provide similarly overstated performances.
The statements above, if true, best serve as a part of which of the following arguments?
A. The overstated performances in Faraway Isle result from a preference for live theater among several actors in the film.
B. The director of Faraway Isle must have suggested that the actors in the film model their performances after those of live theater.
C. The director of Faraway Isle intended for the early “talkies” to be reminiscent of live theater performances.
D. The overstated performance of the actors on Faraway Isle do not provide evidence against the director’s stated intentions.
E. Faraway Isle was one of the earliest movies made with sound.