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1. Does the blue sentence mean "the more conventional sentimentality of Landseer’s Dignity and Impudence is avoided in Furry Friends through fluency and economy..."?
2. Does "the choice of character over appearance" mean "In this advertisement Kaye prefers to focus more on the human character of the animals rather than making them more beautiful, lovelier, and cuter"?
Context:
The far more potentially clichéd Furry Friends again shows Kaye’s ability to disarm the viewer with anthropomorphism and with what is essentially the stuff of fairy tales or nursery rhymes. What might be
a recipe for the more conventional sentimentality epitomised by Landseer’s Dignity and Impudence (1839) is rescued by the fluency and economy with which the visuals are composed and the way that sentimental expectation is simultaneously exploited and disrupted through the choice of character over appearance in the dog and cat (cute but not too cute).
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Hi. 1. I interpret the author's use of rescue less as avoidance and more as improvement; Furry Friends is rescued from conventional sentimental mediocrity and brought to a higher level of expression.
- Hi.
- 1.
- I interpret the author's use of rescue less as avoidance and more as improvement; Furry Friends is rescued from conventional sentimental mediocrity and brought to a higher level of expression.
- 2.
- Yes.
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Hi.
1. I interpret the author's use of rescue less as avoidance and more as improvement; Furry Friends is rescued from conventional sentimental mediocrity and brought to a higher level of expression.
2. Yes. Kaye renders his furry friends with more depth rather than relying entirely on their superficial cuteness.
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