一道逻辑题求解释，谢谢。。。

futurejay

Critic: People todayplace an especially high value on respect for others; yet, in their comedyacts, many of today's most popular comedians display blatant disrespect forothers. But when people fail to live up to the very ideals they hold in highestesteem, exaggeration of such failings often forms the basis of successfulcomedy. Thus the current popularity of comedians who display disrespect intheir acts is hardly surprising. The critic's argument depends on which one ofthe following assumptions?

A) People who enjoy comedians who display disrespect in their acts donot place a high value on respect for others.

B) Only comedians who display blatant disrespect in their acts are currentlysuccessful.

C) Many people disapprove of the portrayal of blatant disrespect forothers in comedy acts.

D) People who value an ideal especially highly do not always succeed inliving up to this ideal.

E) People today failto live up to their own ideals more frequently than was the case in the past.

长丝弓

评论家：当今人们特别重视尊重他人。 然而，在喜剧中，当今许多最受欢迎的喜剧演员都公然不尊重他人。 但是，当人们未能达到自己崇高的理想时，夸大此类失败往往会成为成功喜剧的基础。 因此，在表演中表现出不尊重的喜剧演员目前的流行不足为奇。 评论家的论据取决于以下哪个假设？
A）喜剧演员在表演中表现出对他人的不尊重，因此他们并不重视尊重他人。
B）只有喜剧演员在行为上表现出公然不尊重，才是成功的。
C）许多人不同意在喜剧表演中公然不尊重他人的刻画。
D）特别珍视理想的人不一定会成功实现这一理想。
E）今天的人们比过去更加未能实现自己的理想。

答案为D。将D取非。即VALUE理想（比如尊重他人的理想）得以实现，即现实生活中尊重他人是常态。那喜剧基础是现实生活的反应。喜剧里再不尊重他人的话，失去现实的基础，就令人觉得奇怪/惊奇，而不是不惊奇了。起到削弱作用。因此是假设。

futurejay

hardly的意思没有理解清楚，这样一解释就明白了，谢谢。