GRE Sentence Completion

The action and characters in a melodrama can be so immediately ____ that all observers can hiss the villain with an air of smug but enjoyable ____.
(A) spurned.. boredom
(B) forgotten.. condescension
(C) classified. .self-righteousness
(D) plausible.. guilt
(E) gripping. .skepticism

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Ans : (C) classified. .self-righteousness