A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. They also disliked the darker elements in Whedon's original script, wanting to make it a lighter comedy. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:Could you draw the conclusion that while Whedon's efforts were appreciated, the network executives simply had to face the reality that it is very difficult to market a comedy to the public? Answer: endorsement
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. The executives also rejected the darkest themes in Whedon's initial script, since they wanted to make a breezier comedy. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:Could you draw the conclusion that while Whedon's efforts were appreciated, the network executives simply had to face the reality that it is very difficult to market a comedy to the public? Answer: endorsement
A:In China and Taiwan, diglossia has been a common feature. For example, in addition to Standard Chinese, a resident of Shanghai might speak Shanghainese; and, if they grew up elsewhere, then they are also likely to be fluent in the particular dialect of that local area. A native of Guangzhou may speak both Cantonese and Standard Chinese. In addition to Mandarin, most Taiwanese also speak Minnan, Hakka, or an Austronesian language. A Taiwanese may commonly mix pronunciations, phrases, and words from Mandarin and other Taiwanese languages, and this mixture is often used in informal speech, but it is even more common to use Mandarin in formal speaking. B:Even if you couldn't speak any East Asian languages, yet you had a keen ear for the differences in sounds and words, would you be able to tell the difference between a formal speech and someone who was deadpanning a stand-up comedy routine, or a discussion that they overheard at a party, etc. Answer: endorsement
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. While they liked the dark humor that was on display in Whedon's original script, they wanted to make an teen oriented action blockbuster, so the comedy elements were removed. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:Could you draw the conclusion that while Whedon's efforts were appreciated, the network executives simply had to face the reality that it is very difficult to market a comedy to the public? Answer: economic
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. The executives also tended to dislike the usual Whedonesque dark humor in his original script, wanting to make an action-oriented teen drama. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:Could you draw the conclusion that while Whedon's efforts were appreciated, the network executives simply had to face the reality that it is very difficult to market a comedy to the public? Answer: economic
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. They also disliked the darker elements in Whedon's original script, wanting to make it a lighter comedy. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:If this movie had been made the way that the executives intended, would it have been more similar to classics such as Dracula and Nosferatu, then it would be to something like Christopher Moore's "You Suck: A Love Story"? Answer: endorsement
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. The executives also tended to dislike the usual Whedonesque dark humor in his original script, wanting to make an action-oriented teen drama. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:If this movie had been made the way that the executives intended, would it have been more similar to classics such as Dracula and Nosferatu, then it would be to something like Christopher Moore's "You Suck: A Love Story"? Answer: economic
A:Whedon was involved in an advisory role early in the production but departed after becoming dissatisfied with the direction the film was taking. Executives at 20th Century Fox removed many of Whedon's jokes, believing the humor to be too abstract for audiences. While they liked the dark humor that was on display in Whedon's original script, they wanted to make an teen oriented action blockbuster, so the comedy elements were removed. Merrick's suicide was replaced with his being killed by Lothos, and Buffy's burning down her high school gym to kill all the vampires was eliminated altogether. B:If this movie had been made the way that the executives intended, would it have been more similar to classics such as Dracula and Nosferatu, then it would be to something like Christopher Moore's "You Suck: A Love Story"? Answer: economic
A:In China and Taiwan, diglossia has been a common feature. For example, in addition to Standard Chinese, a resident of Shanghai might speak Shanghainese; and, if they grew up elsewhere, then they are also likely to be fluent in the particular dialect of that local area. A native of Guangzhou may speak both Cantonese and Standard Chinese. In addition to Mandarin, most Taiwanese also speak Minnan, Hakka, or an Austronesian language. A Taiwanese may commonly mix pronunciations, phrases, and words from Mandarin and other Taiwanese languages, and this mixture is often used in informal speech, but it is even more common to use Mandarin in formal speaking. B:Does the passage make it sound like more formal applications call for a more rigid adherence to the island's traditional languages, perhaps similar to the way that France has tried to crack down on the use of foreign words like "weekend", "internet", or "burger"? Answer:
endorsement