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===Society versus culture=== | ===Society versus culture=== | ||
===The theatrical versus the dramatic=== | ===The theatrical versus the dramatic=== | ||
{{Quote|Inasmuch as a finite game is intended for conclusion, inasmuch as its roles are scripted and performed for an audience, we shall refer to finite play as ''theatrical''. [...] | {{Quote|{{indent|Inasmuch as a finite game is intended for conclusion, inasmuch as its roles are scripted and performed for an audience, we shall refer to finite play as ''theatrical''. [...]}} | ||
Inasmuch as infinite players avoid any outcome whatsoever, keeping the future open, making all scripts useless, we shall refer to infinite play as ''dramatic''. | {{Indent|Inasmuch as infinite players avoid any outcome whatsoever, keeping the future open, making all scripts useless, we shall refer to infinite play as ''dramatic''.}} | ||
Dramatically, one ''chooses to be'' a mother. Theatrically one ''takes on the role'' of mother.<ref>Section 15.</ref>}} | {{Indent|Dramatically, one ''chooses to be'' a mother. Theatrically one ''takes on the role'' of mother.<ref>Section 15.</ref>}}}} | ||
This is a harder distinction to glom, especially since Carse concedes that during a finite game the action is “provisionally” dramatic, since the players write the script as they go along. But the object of the game is to ''kill'' the drama by making the outcome inevitable. So provisional, and hostile, to drama. | |||
===Poeitas=== | ===Poeitas=== | ||