The cinematic “spectacles of urban blight" popularized in the second half of the 20th century a. …illustrated a significant departure from the early 20th century representation of los angeles, for example. in the early part of the century it was depicted as a place home to the “best of both worlds," yet by the midcentury years popular hollywood films represented it as a place filled with crime, deviant woman, and invading aliens; b. …catered to a suburban audience who experienced more physical and emotional distance with urban centers than previous generations; c…contained representations which spoke to conservative notions of some cities and the peoples that inhabited them and provided a cultural backdrop to an increase in carbon emissions and the decrease in agriculture and native natural environments that once surrounded many cities; d. all of the above