If you want to get the content parsed as HTML, add &rvparse
to the query.
For example when you execute the query
the response contains something like (after skipping the infobox):
<i><b>Argo</b></i> is a 2012 American <a href="/wiki/Political_thriller"
title="Political thriller">political thriller</a> film directed by <a
href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a>.