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4. (TCOs 1 and 2) In this passage, identify which of the items that follow best states the primary issue discussed in the passage. The TV show The Sopranos might have been a pretty good series without the profanity that occurred all the way through it. But without the profanity, it would not have been believable. Those people just talk that way. If you have the characters speaking Shakespearean English or middle-class suburban English, then nobody is going to pay any attention to the message because nobody will see it as realistic. It's true, of course, that like many other programs with some offensive feature whether it's bad language, sex, or whatever it will never appeal to the squeamish. (Points : 4)
Whether programs with offensive features can appeal to the squeamish
Whether The Sopranos would have been a good series without the bad language
Whether believable programs must always have an offensive feature of one kind or another
Whether The Sopranos would have been believable without the bad language