Those who have seen and heard it performed will, I trust, bear witness that the harnessing of Indian melodic modes to the service of the drama has proved neither derogatory nor futile.

听过这出音乐剧演唱的人，我相信都会作证说，让印度旋律的形式来为戏剧服务，是既没有贬低其价值也不是徒劳无益的。

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But its critics often fail to acknowledge that hip hop is neither sociological commentary nor political criticism, though it may certainly function in these modes through its artists' lyrics.

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