WritingarticlesaboutfilmsforTheFrontPagewasmyfirstproperjob．BeforethenIhaddonebitsofreviewing---novelsforothernewspapersfilmsforamagazineandanythingIwasaskedtodofortheradio．ThatwashowImetTomSeatonthefirstartseditorofTheFrontPagewhohadalsowrittenfortelevision．HehiredmebutTomwasnotprimarilyajournalistorhewouldcertainlyhavebeenmorecarefulinchoosinghisstaff．
Atfirsthisideawasthatateamofcriticsshouldtakecareoftheartformsthatdidn’trequirespecializedknowledge:booksTVtheatrefilmandradio．TherewouldbeaweeklylunchatwhichwewouldmakeourchoicesfromtheartisticmaterialthatTomhaddecidedweshouldcoverthoughtherewouldalsobegueststomaketheatmospheresociable．
Tom’soriginalplanforateamofcriticsfortheartsnevertookoff．Itwasagoodideabutwedidn’tgettogetherasplannedandsoeverythingwasdonebyphone．ItturnedouttoothatthegeneralpublicouttherepreferredtoassociateareviewerwithasinglesubjectareaandsoIchosefilm．WithoutTom’sinitialpushthoughwewouldhardlyhavecomeupwiththepresentarrangementbywhichIwriteanextendedweeklypieceusuallyononefilm．
ThespaceIamgivenallowsmetobroadenmyargument---orforcesmeinanuninterestingweektomakesomethingoutofnothing．Butwhatismyroleinthepublicarena（舞台）?Isupposethatpeoplechoosewhatfilmstogotoonthebasisofthestarsthepublicityofthedirector．Soifafilmreviewisn’treallyaconsumerguidewhatisit?Icertainlydon’tfeelIhavearesponsibilitytobe‘right’aboutamovie．NordoIthinkthereshouldbeacertainnumberof‘great’and‘bad’filmseachyear．AllIhavetodoisputforwardanargument．I’mnotajudgeandnorwouldIwanttobe．
WhatdowelearnaboutTomSeatonfromthefirstparagraph?
A．HeencouragedMarktobecomeawriter．
B．Hehadworkedinvariousareasofthemedia．
C．HemetMarkwhenworkingforafilmcompany．
D．Hepreferstoemploypeoplethatheknows．
Theweeklyluncheswereplannedinorderto______．
A．helpthewritersgettoknoweachother
B．provideaninformalinformationparty
C．dividetheworkthathadtobedone
D．entertainimportantvisitorsfromthearts