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According the anthropologist Toby Volkman in "The Gods Must Be Crazy" review, N!Xau (the main character in the movie) had never met the whites prior to the making of the film

a. True
b. False

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The assertion that N!Xau had never met white people before filming 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' is false, as he had encountered whites prior to the film.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to anthropologist Toby Volkman's review, the statement that N!Xau, the main character in the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy," had never met white people prior to the making of the film is false. N!Xau had, in fact, encountered white people before his involvement in the film. This challenges some preconceptions depicted in ethnographic films where the subjects are often presented as having no prior contact with the outside world, such as in the classic film "Nanook of the North." It's important to be aware of the context in which such films are made and the perspectives or biases they may reflect, as with Edward Said's critique of orientalism in American cinema or the misrepresentation of African American history in popular films.

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