It's reaction rather than proaction.
Marlowe instinctively identified Stoppard with the nobility rather than the mob — with reaction rather than revolution.
"It was a reaction, rather than a considered look at what was happening".
Almost overnight the meal in a pill became a symbol of the forces of reaction rather than progress.
That means that much of the drama centres on reaction rather than action – just as it does in theatre.
This kind of defensive living works as a pre-emptive surrender and takes the form of reaction rather than action.
For Baumbach, it was "a very nice feeling to have a movie where you can actually experience the reaction," rather than guess at it.
He certainly seemed to be a man of reaction rather than action, responding, however brilliantly, to events rather than initiating them.
"It would be deeply regrettable if we reverted to the Z-Cars era of flying squads and concentration on reaction, rather than prevention," he said.
It has to be the Pavlov reaction, the subliminal 'Oooh, yum' reaction rather than 'Didn't I see an advert about that the other day?' "The latter is transient and doesn't last very long".
As Kevin Parker would doubtless tell you, that reaction – rather than phasing effects or guitars playing raga-like riffs through wah-wah pedals or any of the genre's other paisley-shirted sonic cliches – is what psychedelic music is truly about.
