Logical Reasoning

PT153 · S3 · Q1 Minh: This film directorʼs newest works

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Minh: This film directorʼs newest works are very predictable.

Minh's Claims

1. This director's newest works are very predictable.

2. He's pillaging his own catalog.

3. There are diminishing returns (his movies are not improving or impressing)

4. Each film is just a repetition of earlier ones.

Natalie's Responses

1. No comment. She doesn't address how predictable the films are / aren't.

2. Agrees? "Pillaging" is a loaded verb that means "stealing from", where as Natalie wouldn't say it in that pejorative way. She's say "borrowing heavily from / inspired from", but she agrees that the director is definitely using his own catalog as a springboard for these newer films.

3. Disagrees. Minh thinks there diminishing returns (i.e. the films are getting lame) whereas Natalie thinks he's still creating strong new works.

4. Disagrees. Natalie doesn't think "each film is simply a repetition"; she thinks "these works are thus original".

Evaluate / Goal

The only place where we found some overlap and agreement was claim 2.

They both acknowledge that the director's new films are very influenced by his older ones.

1.

The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Minh and Natalie agree on the truth of which one of the following statements about the director's newest works?

  1. Correct

    They share many features with

    Why this is right

    We know Minh would agree, because he says that "each new film is simply a repetition of earlier ones". We know Natalie would agree, because she says that the director "creates strong new works from the same core elements (that his previous films had)" and she refers to the new films' "startling sameness".

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    87% picked this

  2. They constitute evidence that he

    Disagree

    Minh thinks the new films pillage (i.e. steal) from earlier films, but Natalie doesn't share that negative view. She thinks that he is using the same core elements, but creating new works that are original. The connotations of "pillaging" are very negative and Natalie appreciates the way the directors' new films connect to his older ones.

    2% picked this

  3. They are nothing more than

    Disagree

    Minh thinks the new films are nothing more than repetitions, but Natalie thinks they are strong new works and original.

    8% picked this

  4. They are less original than

    Disagree

    Minh thinks the new films are nothing more than repetitions (so he would agree they're less original), but Natalie thinks they are strong new works and original. It feels like she might still concede that the new films are less original but we don't have any great support for that belief, the way we do for (A).

    2% picked this

  5. They provide evidence of the

    Disagree

    Natalie would agree with this, but Minh thinks the director is just ripping himself off and simply repeating his earlier movies (which is not creative).

    1% picked this

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