Avoid Premises (Annoyance Critique)
The Annoyance-school counter-argument against walking into a scene with a pre-baked premise — premises collapse when the partner doesn't match them.
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- Napier and Annoyance teachers are skeptical of the UCB habit of starting scenes with unusual-thing premises.
- Instead: arrive with a strong emotional state, physicality, or POV — let the scene's content emerge.
- Blurs with discovery-based iO teaching, but more combative in its critique of UCB-style premise hunting.
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