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题干：ItisacknowledgedthatthemodernmusicalshowisAmerica'smostoriginalanddynamiccontributiontowardtheater.Inthelastquarterofthecentury,Americahasproducedlarge（1）ofmusicalplaysthathavebeenpopularabroad（2）athome.（3）,itisverydifficulttoexplain（4）isnewor（5）Americanaboutthem,forthe（6）arecenturiesold.PerhapstheuniquenessofAmerica'scontributiontothe（7）canbestbecharacterizedthroughbriefdescriptionsofseveralofthemostimportantandbest-knownmusicals.OneoftheseissurelyOklahomabyRichardRogersandOscarHamerstein.Itburst（8）popularityin1943.Broadwayaudienceandcriticswere（9）byits（10）,vitalityandexcitement.This"new"typeofmusicalwas（11）askindof（12）theaterinwhichtheplay,themusicandlyrics,thedancing,andthescenicbackgroundwereassemblednotmerelytoprovideentertainmentand（13）,butto（14）inasingleunifyingwholetocontributetoitsuniquefeature.（15）,itmeantthatthesongsanddancesshould（16）naturallyoutofthesituationsofthestoryandplayanimportantpartincarryingtheaction（17）.InOklahoma,anAmericanfolk-dancestylewasorganicallycombinedwithclassicalballetandmoderndance.Itisrighttosaythatthemusicalwasabrilliantlyintegratedperformancebythetalenteddancersandsingingactors.Oklahomaalsomarkedanew（18）inthechoiceofstoryonwhichamusicalisbased.Writersandcomposersbegantoabandonthesentimentallypicturesqueoraristocraticsetting（19）morerealisticstoriesinauthenticsocialandcultural（20）.Oklahomawasbasedona"folk"whosestorydealtnotonlywithyounglovebutalsowiththeopeningoftheAmericanWest.
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