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Which failure modes does Baker name in Chapter II, in particular action without emotional significance and emotion without action, and how does he say each arises?

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1919 stage practice. Baker does not list failure modes under a heading, but the chapter implies seven. (1) Action without emotional significance: bodily action that rouses no interest, bustle unnecessary to the plot, and the ceiling of crude melodrama or farce without characterization. (2) Exposition with little emotion. (3) Mental states that are not conveyed (they need characterization and chosen words). (4) Failing to see that stillness can be dramatic. (5) Calling material undramatic without analysis. (6) Dramatic material that has not been made 'theatric'. (7) Over-feeling. 'Emotion without action' is not named as a failure; Baker's nearest counterpart is emotion that is not conveyed. The grouping is mine.

1919 stage practice. Baker does not list failure modes under a heading, but the chapter implies seven. (1) Action without emotional significance: bodily action that rouses no interest, bustle unnecessary to the plot, and the ceiling of crude melodrama or farce without characterization. (2) Exposition with little emotion. (3) Mental states that are not conveyed (they need characterization and chosen words). (4) Failing to see that stillness can be dramatic. (5) Calling material undramatic without analysis. (6) Dramatic material that has not been made 'theatric'. (7) Over-feeling. 'Emotion without action' is not named as a failure; Baker's nearest counterpart is emotion that is not conveyed. The grouping is mine. Curator qualifications: Seven failure types are the worker's grouping of Baker's examples (labelled). Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] 1919 stage practice. Baker does not list failure modes under a heading, but the chapter implies seven. (1) Action without emotional significance: bodily action that rouses no interest, bustle unnecessary to the plot, and the ceiling of crude melodrama or farce without characterization. (2) Exposition with little emotion. (3) Mental states that are not conveyed (they need characterization and chosen words). (4) Failing to see that stillness can be dramatic. (5) Calling material undramatic without analysis. (6) Dramatic material that has not been made 'theatric'. (7) Over-feeling. 'Emotion without action' is not named as a failure; Baker's nearest counterpart is emotion that is not conveyed. The grouping is mine. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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