Which of Sargent's Chapter XX plot-choice rules are market assertions, which are advice with a stated reason, and which are only examples, and where does he limit or qualify them?
1916 practice. Of Sargent's Ch. XX rules, the happy ending, drama-before-comedy and world-wide-appeal rules are market assertions about what editors, manufacturers and audiences want; each comes with a reason but no data. The cost, cast, locale and complication rules are advice with reasons. The warship, Alaska and Mexico, Dale, Old Homestead, baseball and cricket and falling-man cases are examples, not evidence. Sargent qualifies the list himself: some good films have unhappy endings, only the best writers can bring one off, and the points can be relaxed later. His claim that nearly all successful plays conform is unsupported in the chapter.
1916 practice. Of Sargent's Ch. XX rules, the happy ending, drama-before-comedy and world-wide-appeal rules are market assertions about what editors, manufacturers and audiences want; each comes with a reason but no data. The cost, cast, locale and complication rules are advice with reasons. The warship, Alaska and Mexico, Dale, Old Homestead, baseball and cricket and falling-man cases are examples, not evidence. Sargent qualifies the list himself: some good films have unhappy endings, only the best writers can bring one off, and the points can be relaxed later. His claim that nearly all successful plays conform is unsupported in the chapter.
Curator qualifications: Plot-choice, new-twist and true-story rules verified as Sargent's claims. Market assertions and unsupported numbers (7-29 plots, 0.5-2% acceptable) are flagged as such by the producer. The note that Sargent says nothing on rights or libel in ch. XX-XXII holds.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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