Watch the show with the sound turned off.
While many gestures, such as smiles throughout the television
program, the meaning of the actors were entirely different without the
sound. For example, the three neighbors
seem to be very close and appear to be friendly while communicating
together. In fact, they looked be
helpful to one another, have fun together be giving hugs, expressing a sense of
caring toward each other. Finally, their
nonverbal behavior did show there was a problem during the program. For example, one actor began to take his head
and hold his head and crossing his arms with an irritated expression on his
face.
Now, watch the show with the sound turned on.
In either case sound on or sound off, the television program
primary purpose helped me to interpret the understanding. The writer presented information with the
most different outcome with the use of words.
For instance, the three families were comforting each other about issues
in their marriage. There were plans for
a special Valentine’s Day trip gone wrong. It was several different issues
going on with each family. My
assumptions about the characters and plots were entirely wrong. I assumed life was pleasant, but it was so
much deceit my expectations of the show were totally off because of a lot of
deception. I believe my assumptions
would have been more correct if I had watched a show that I knew well.
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Barbara,
ReplyDeleteI know this show well and can't imagine what it may have been like without the words because of all the sarcasm and masking if you did not know the characters. Just the fact that you mistook them for neighbors rather than relatives made the smiles and hugs take on different meaning because of different context.
Good post!
Thanks Renee, so are they living under the same roof as family?
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