...is causing trouble in the ballroom

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From: The Analgesic Rhetorician...


His interest in signs and signifiers tends to the academic. Has he a sense of rhythm?

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Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 110

  • 76 - very chancy (41%)
  • 94 - chancy (51%)
  • 112 - modest (61%)
  • 131 - very modest (71%)
  • 149 - low-risk (81%)
  • 167 - straightforward (91%)
  • 184 - straightforward (100%)

Success

"Does this not feel prejudiced?"

He is much interested in the assumptions that both dance and dancer make about the body. [...] What if one has three legs? Or one? [...] He picks up on the movements well enough, but argues against their propriety all the while.


Failure

"But this is wonderful!"

He is [...] interested in discussing the music. The emotions it evokes, the movements it provokes within his limbs [...]. He regards any attempt to get him to stop [...] as an unwelcome intrusion on the discourse. Things take a turn after he hushes the orchestra.