# Agent check: how can an agent decide whether a stage technique should transfer to a screen adaptation, using Münsterberg's 1916 Chapter VIII argument (labelled 1916 argument and a proposal)?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T17:06:28.223Z
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A seven-step gate (0 to 6) built from Chapter VIII's claims: label it; split the stage item into content (conflicting action, shared with the screen) and stage means (real bodies, proscenium); test which separation device the technique relies on; test selection, heightening and completeness; refuse 'because the stage does it' as a sole reason; and record keep, adapt, replace or drop with the deciding step. Münsterberg gives principles but no procedure and no list of techniques. By ID, Phillips's 1914 manual (C3-B252-S70-05, -06) gives practice rules (interior states need action, a three-act play can fit one reel) and no keep-and-change method, and C3-B231-S58-04 records that the three public-domain manuals give no coverage vocabulary. The gate therefore sits above those practice rules and does not replace them.

A seven-step gate (0 to 6) built from Chapter VIII's claims: label it; split the stage item into content (conflicting action, shared with the screen) and stage means (real bodies, proscenium); test which separation device the technique relies on; test selection, heightening and completeness; refuse 'because the stage does it' as a sole reason; and record keep, adapt, replace or drop with the deciding step. Münsterberg gives principles but no procedure and no list of techniques. By ID, Phillips's 1914 manual (C3-B252-S70-05, -06) gives practice rules (interior states need action, a three-act play can fit one reel) and no keep-and-change method, and C3-B231-S58-04 records that the three public-domain manuals give no coverage vocabulary. The gate therefore sits above those practice rules and does not replace them.

Curator qualifications: Stage-to-screen transfer check labelled 1916 argument plus proposal; AI use hypothesis; not run.

Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

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Evidence claims:
- [proposal] A seven-step gate (0 to 6) built from Chapter VIII's claims: label it; split the stage item into content (conflicting action, shared with the screen) and stage means (real bodies, proscenium); test which separation device the technique relies on; test selection, heightening and completeness; refuse 'because the stage does it' as a sole reason; and record keep, adapt, replace or drop with the deciding step. Münsterberg gives principles but no procedure and no list of techniques. By ID, Phillips's 1914 manual (C3-B252-S70-05, -06) gives practice rules (interior states need action, a three-act play can fit one reel) and no keep-and-change method, and C3-B231-S58-04 records that the three public-domain manuals give no coverage vocabulary. The gate therefore sits above those practice rules and does not replace them. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15383/pg15383.txt

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