Framing / Framing Device
A move that calls attention to an unusual thing so both performers recognize it as the potential game.
Known for
- UCB Manual's mechanism for turning an accidental moment into a deliberate game.
- Techniques: naming the oddity, reacting with heightened emotion, adding specificity that confirms the pattern.
- Done too heavily, framing becomes 'Clancying' — flagging the game so obviously it loses air.
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