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The through line, sometimes also called the spine, was first suggested by Konstantin Stanislavski as a simplified way for actors to think about characterisation. He believed actors should not only understand what their character was doing, or trying to do, (their objective) in any given unit, but should also strive to understand the through line which linked these objectives together and thus pushed the character forward through the narrative.
- Wikipedia stub (you guys should go edit!)
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1950 E. R. HAPGOOD tr. Stanislavski's Building a Character viii. 113 It is only when our feelings reach down into the subtextual stream that the ‘through line of action’ of a play or a part comes into being.
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assignment for student: Google[Books] "through line"; count theater vs. railroad usages
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Thanks all
The Jim Webb quote then seems an extension of the musical usage and he means the Dems have a more consistent philosophy than the GOP
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The Jim Webb quote then seems an extension of the musical usage and he means the Dems have a more consistent philosophy than the GOP; while a quick Googling seems to confirm this more general definition, meaning a coherent premise or philosophy underlying any sort of group strategy. But I am still puzzled why the expr isn't found in most dictionaries
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Quote:
...have a more consistent philosophy than the GOP
Granted (consistently bad). 
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aramis,until your post, the topic was words (not politics)
let's keep to words. (yes, i know, dale is constantly asking about words/expressions, and all too often, the words or expression he cites are in text that is political in nature, IGNORE THE MESSAGE, focus on the word(s) in question.
if you want to discuss politics, there are plenty of BB's devoted to the subject. this is not one.
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