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\input basic \def\Cas {\:c Casablanca \:b}
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\def\Cass {\:c Casablanca's \:b}
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\Cas earns for itself indisputable membership among the classics of 
motion picture history.  Although neither complex in plot nor deeply analytical
of the human condition, 
the film secures popular approval: it satisfies the movie-goer's natural desires 
to identify with a film and its characters. \Cass adherence to the folk art
traditions of justice, sentimentality, violence, mild pornography and slapstick
humor forms the base of this viewer$/$film identification.\footnote{(1)}{          
Erwin Panofsky, ``Style and Medium in the 
Motion Pictqres,'' Fpom Hall and Ulanov, \:n Modern Cultqre and the Arts$ \:a¬
Pp. 355--373.}
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externally rough$/$internally compassionate type (always drinking); and Ilse, the
\:c woman \:b(``$[$Rick$]$, you have to think for both of us'').
These stereotypes, especially the ones portraying blacks and women, are no longer 
accepted by society. Just as with out-dated symbols, though, old stereotypes become
humorous (for example, modern audiences find the comment made by Ilse above 
particulary hilarious).
\par
\Cas, with its traditional elements and humorous obsolete ones, is a classic, as are
many other old films with these two characteristics. It is important to note, 
however, that the lasting traditional elements are much more important than the 
obsolete ones, which are appreciated only as a consequence of nostalgia.  While an
old film can be appreciated if it \:c doesn't \:b contain out of date symbols, 
the folk art elements I described earlier are virtually necessary for appreciation.
If enough of these time-bridging elements are present, as in \Cas, then a film's
obsolete features only add to its classic character.
\par
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\topspace 3in \ctrline{CASABLANCA:}
\vskip  0in \ctrline{The Timeless and Obsolete Elements of a Classic}
\vskip 1in  \ctrline{Peter Richert}
\vskip  0in   \ctrline{Modern Times}
\vskip  0in   \ctrline{February 4, 1982}
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