communication is not always straightforward - Week 2

 I watched Kevin Hart’s the Big House. I love Kevin Hart but have never seen this show. With the sound off it seemed like the people were acting as family members. They sat together in the living room. By her facial expression, the mother seems upset when Kevin Hart walked into the room and took off his coat. They sat together eating dinner and passing the food around the table. During dinner the people smiled at each other, laughed, and bumped elbows. During their conversation, some actors rolled their eyes and got grumpy faces. This family also likes to express themselves with hand gestures. They also took turns talking during dinner. Actors leaned into each other while talking. They seemed to argue in the kitchen and then patted each other’s shoulders.

Watching the first part of the television show again with the sound on it seems I was right about the actors being family members. The woman at the beginning isn’t Kevin Hart’s mom which I assumed she was. The actors also weren’t upset with each other during the show. They just expressed themselves with hand gestures and animated facial expressions.

If I watched this show more than once, I would have known how the actors talk to each other. I would know they use animated facial expressions and talk with their hands. The actors are extremely expressive. I am not sure I would have known if they were arguing or not when the sound of the show is off. The way I was brought up, some of the looks and actions the actors used looked to me like they were upset with each other.

I believe depending on our upbringing our concepts of behaviors, facial expressions, and hand gestures could differ from someone else’s views. All families treat each other differently and have their own unique home communication.