From, “Silence Is Golden,” by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, 12/6/11:
“Not being a silent movie buff, I was trepidatious about “The Artist.” And a 23-year-old at the Motion Picture Association of America screening here puzzled over why it needed to be silent. But I loved the clever evocation of a primal fear featured in the many iterations of “A Star Is Born,” as well as “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Sunset Boulevard,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and “All About Eve”: Will you get to the top, only to be devoured by the hot new thing?
Trepidatious: having a fearful or nervous feeling; apprehensive
Evocation: imaginative recreation
Iteration: repetition of a process
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