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Verbal·Craft and Structure·Words in Context

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Although Alfred E. Green’s 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story and Ossie Davis’s 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem may have had some        at the time of their initial release, their place in critics’ estimations is now more secure. In 2018, for example, critics for the New York Times described the former as “irresistible” and the latter as “especially pointed.”

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A

imitators

B

collaborators

C

precursors

D

detractors