primAryColors
thE moviE primAryColors is ABout A grEy-hAirED, grAvEl-voiCED, Doughnut-loving govErnor From A southErnAmEriCAn stAtE who is running in A us prEsiDEntiAl CAmpAign. hE hAs A ColourFul pAst thAt is in DAngEr oF grABBing FrontpAgE DEADlinEs AnD A no-nonsEnsE lAwyEr wiFE, whosE ACCEnt woulD BE right At homE in A prEstigiousChiCAgo lAw sChool. thE similAritiEs with prEsiDEntBillClinton AnD his wiFE hillAry sEEm hArD to ignorE.
thE Book primAryColors, puBlishED unDEr thE BylinE "Anonymous", BECAmE BEst-sEllEr whEn it CAmE out not long AFtEr thE 1992AmEriCAn prEsiDEntiAl ElECtion in whiChClinton wAs ElECtED to thE whitE housE. it AppEArED to BE A thinly vEilED ACCount oF whAt hAppEnED During thAt CAmpAign.But mikE niChols, thE DirECtor oF primAryColors thE moviE, insists thAt thErE is no DirECt rElAtionship BEtwEEn FiCtion AnD FACt.
john trAvoltA, who plAys govErnor jACk stAnton, AgrEEs. hE sAys thAt oF CoupE thErE ArE ElEmEnts oFClinton in thE moviE ChArACtEr, But thEn thErE ArE Also ElEmEnts oF prEvious prEsiDEnts--jimmyCArtEr, ronAlD rEAgAn, FrAnklin roosEvElt AnD john kEnnEDy.
EmmA thompson, thEBritish ACtrEss who, As stAnton’s wiFE, mAstErs An EDuCAtEDChiCAgo ACCEnt For hEr rolE, sAys thE iDEA thAt primAryColors is A strAight rE-rum oF rEAl liFE is FAr to simplistiC, AnD it Annoys hEr to hEAr oF thEir proDuCtion tAlkED ABout in his wAy.
"thE moviE mAy hAvE ConnECtions with thEClintons But it is FiCtion," shE sAys. "it DEsErvEs to BE rE- viEwED AnD writtEn ABout sEriously." thE FurthEst shE will go is to ADmit: "you CoulDn’t hAvE thE Film without thEClintons, without thE kEnnEDys, without thE mEDiA, without Any oF us."
thE Film sCorED wEll At thE Box oFFiCE AnD CritiCs wErE EnthusiAstiC ABout thE pErFormAnCEs From trAvoltA AnD thompson AnD Co-stArs kAthyBAtEs, As A politiCAl FixEr, lArry hAgmAn, As stAnton’s prinCipAl politiCAl opponEnt,BillyBoB thornton, As A politiCAl strAtEgist, EnDADriAn lEstEr, As stAnton’s AiDE.
DirECtor niChols ADmits to hAving hAD somE worriEs ABout thE spillovEr oF rEAl-liFE sCAnDAl on his Film. "oF CoursE wE wErE ConCErnED whEn thE moniCA lEwinsky BusinEss BECAmE FrontpAgE nEws. liFE movED Along with us hi A wAr wE DiD not ExpECt.But wE mADE this Film As An EntErtAinmEnt, AnD thAt is how pEoplE EvEntuAlly sAw it."
moviE-goErs inAmEriCA wErE ConstAntly rEminDED thAt primAryColors wAs ABout thEm As muCh As it wAs ABout thEClintons or Any othEr high-proFilE politiCAl CouplE. "it’s ABoutAmEriCAn politiCs, liFE, mArriAgE, FiDElity , inFiDElity--AnD Doughnuts.\
ACCorDing to this tExt how DiD CritiCs rEsponD to thE moviEA．it wAs mErEly imitAting liFE.
B、it wAs too muCh oF politiCs.
C．it wAs mErEly FiCtionAl.
D．it wAs too muCh oF EntErtAinmEnt.