Newspaper reviews of film adaptations of well-known books or plays

frequently concentrate on the adaptation’s fidelity.  Granted, many peo-

 ple go to such films wanting to see a version of the original.  However,

 reviewers do a poor job by taking this approach, since faithfulness to

the original is irrelevant to the film’s own artistic merit.

A  Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

       The central purpose of newspaper reviews of films is to enable

        readers to find out whether they would enjoy seeing the film.

    B  Often the attempt to capitalize on a well-known novel’s fame by

        making a film version backfires, since a long novel’s narrative

        must be overly compressed to fit a film.

     C A film’s artistic merit does not depend on the film’s relationship

        to other works of a    rt.

   D   Newspaper reviews of films that are not adaptations of well-known

        books or plays tend to concentrate on issues relevant to the film’s

        artistic merit.

   E   Film producers expect adaptations of well-known originals to be

        more financially successful than other films.

答案A