Problem: Which of the following is/are characteristics of the caberetera film genre?
A. portrayed life seedy side of big city life including nightclubs and prostitutes
B. the prostitute was emblematic of the anxieties, desires and contradictions of modernity, including moving between public and private spaces and challenging the polite structures of society
C. were melodramas that offered moral certitude to reassure viewers that good would triumph over evil
D. all of the above
E. answers b and c