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Language and Communication
The Artist is a movie about talking—the exciting new film genre is the talkie, the press is hot on the scene to sniff out the "talk of the town," and George refuses to talk, which gives his competition Peppy Miller (a.k.a. the "sound of love") a real leg up.
New communication technologies like the radio and the microphone are dazzling everyone, but the real trouble is plain and simple: face-to-face communication.
George's resistance to talkies is linked to his difficulty communicating.
The media plays a major role in the fame and popularity of the actors in The Artist.
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