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“ When she has run out of words—that is, when each one of her verbal tactics has failed, then and only then does she resort to physical ones. This is (or, should be) the only reason a fight scene occurs. When the words run out, that’s when the fight happens.”

This reminds me of a political science principal that Professor Simone Chambers once taught us at CU - that politics is the idea that talking is better than fighting. Flip sides, maybe, but same coin.

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Yes! That’s the idea, I think —though I did come to that realization through the acting education & training of the 3 Rules. I think it makes sense.

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