Coalition

Concern for the image and the search for allies: the parties no longer have mixed motives between cooperative and competitive, now it is only WIN OR LOSE.

LET'S SEE AN EXAMPLE

Description of the scene: Oliver has a doctor’s appointment and Barbara promised him she would go pick him up. After waiting for hours, Oliver realizes that his wife is not going to pick him up at the hospital, hence he catches the train. When he comes back home there’s no one waiting for him and this makes him think that no one cares about him and his state of health (Barbara wants to win and even in the case of delicate situations she doesn’t abandon her ends).  

The War of the Roses, D. DeVito, USA, 1989, 20th Century Fox (00:36:40 - 00:39:30).