Originally,most intellectual criticism of mass culture was _ in character,being based on the assumption that the wider the appeal,the more _ the product.
Answer: ironic,popular
MacCrory's conversation was _:she could never tell a story,chieflly because she always forgot it,and she was never guilty of a witticism,unless by accident.
Answer: scintillating
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