Sceneception - Revision history

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Related terms

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	* ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005) offers a case of '''Sceneception''' when Harry, while fleeing the cops and worrying about his partner, enters an audition room. The audition material happens to echo his real situation, causing the casting room to mistake crisis for craft and panic for performance.		* ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005) offers a case of '''Sceneception''' when Harry, while fleeing the cops and worrying about his partner, enters an audition room. The audition material happens to echo his real situation, causing the casting room to mistake crisis for craft and panic for performance.
	{{#ev:youtube\|7ux7Dd18Rw4\|640\|center\|Audition Scene from ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005)}}		{{#ev:youtube\|7ux7Dd18Rw4\|640\|center\|Audition Scene from ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005)}}

	~~== Related terms ==~~

	* '''metascene'''
	* '''scenematryoshka'''
	* '''dramatic recursion'''
	* '''theater gremlin behavior'''
	* '''narrative nesting-doll syndrome'''

	== Category ==		== Category ==

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 * Hangul: 씬셉션
 * Anglo-Saxon rune transliteration: ᛋᛁᚾᛋᛖᛈᛋᚳᚢᚾ
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 * ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005) offers a case of '''Sceneception''' when Harry, while fleeing the cops and worrying about his partner, enters an audition room. The audition material happens to echo his real situation, causing the casting room to mistake crisis for craft and panic for performance.
 {{#ev:youtube|7ux7Dd18Rw4|640|center|Audition Scene from ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' (2005)}}
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Mini taxonomy

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	A normal play-within-a-play is only dramatic nesting. '''Sceneception''' requires a stronger sense of layered performance: a scene rehearsing, auditioning for, pitching, simulating, or accidentally spawning another scene.		A normal play-within-a-play is only dramatic nesting. '''Sceneception''' requires a stronger sense of layered performance: a scene rehearsing, auditioning for, pitching, simulating, or accidentally spawning another scene.

	~~== Mini taxonomy ==~~

	~~; Low Sceneception~~
	~~: A rehearsal scene inside a movie.~~

	~~; Moderate Sceneception~~
	~~: A rehearsal scene where the characters act out a future scene.~~

	~~; Severe Sceneception~~
	~~: A scene inside a scene auditioning for a fictional production of a scene that mirrors the original scene.~~

	~~; Terminal Sceneception~~
	~~: The audience realizes they, too, may somehow be part of the scene.~~

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Etymology

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	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==

	A blend of '''scene''' ~~and~~ the meme-like suffix [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ception#English '''-ception'''], inspired by the nested-dream logic associated with ''Inception''.		A blend of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scene '''scene'''] & the meme-like suffix [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ception#English '''-ception'''], inspired by the nested-dream logic associated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception ''Inception''].

	~~The word suggests not merely recursion, but theatrical recursion: performance folded inside performance until the audience begins to suspect that the entire room may be part of the bit~~.

	== MorDictionary note ==		== MorDictionary note ==

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Etymology

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	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==

	A blend of '''scene''' and the meme-like suffix '''-ception''', inspired by the nested-dream logic associated with ''Inception''.		A blend of '''scene''' and the meme-like suffix [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ception#English '''-ception'''], inspired by the nested-dream logic associated with ''Inception''.

	The word suggests not merely recursion, but theatrical recursion: performance folded inside performance until the audience begins to suspect that the entire room may be part of the bit.		The word suggests not merely recursion, but theatrical recursion: performance folded inside performance until the audience begins to suspect that the entire room may be part of the bit.

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Definition variants

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	; Theatrical comparison		; Theatrical comparison
	: A '''play-within-a-play''' is the classic theatrical cousin of '''Sceneception''': one staged performance nested inside another. '''Sceneception''', however, usually has a stronger film-and-video flavor.		: A '''play-within-a-play''' is the classic theatrical cousin of '''Sceneception''': one staged performance nested inside another. '''Sceneception''', however, usually has a stronger film-and-video flavor.

	~~; Slang definition~~
	~~: A slang noun for the moment when a scene becomes so recursive, audition-like, or self-referential that it feels as if the scene is trying to perform its way into another scene.~~

	== Examples of Sceneception ==		== Examples of Sceneception ==

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Definition variants

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	; Theatrical comparison		; Theatrical comparison
	: A '''play-within-a-play''' is the classic theatrical cousin of '''Sceneception''': one staged performance nested inside another. '''Sceneception''', however, usually has a stronger film-and-video flavor ~~and implies extra absurdity, self-reference, or layered performance~~.		: A '''play-within-a-play''' is the classic theatrical cousin of '''Sceneception''': one staged performance nested inside another. '''Sceneception''', however, usually has a stronger film-and-video flavor.

	; Slang definition		; Slang definition

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Pronunciation

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	== English ==		== English ==

	== Pronunciation ==		=== Pronunciation transliterations ===

	* ~~'''scene-SEP-shun'''~~		* Katakana: シーンセプション
	* ~~IPA~~: ~~/siːnˈsɛpʃən/~~		* Hangul: 씬셉션
			* Anglo-Saxon rune transliteration: ᛋᛁᚾᛋᛖᛈᛋᚳᚢᚾ

	=== Noun ===		=== Noun ===

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Related forms

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	=== Noun ===		=== Noun ===

	~~== Related forms ==~~

	* '''sceneceptive''' — adjective
	* '''scenecepted''' — adjective or past-tense verb
	* '''scenecepting''' — present participle
	== Definition variants ==		== Definition variants ==