The Show I don’t normally watch is “Mike and Molly”. Based
on what I watch, I thought that the woman, who was about 35, was Mike’s sister.
I made this conclusion because they both entered to the same house and kept
their distance. They both greeted an old woman who was in that house, but she does
not kiss the old lady when she greets her. Mike doesn’t not
look at his “sister” very often. She smiles to him but never touches him and
never gets too close to him. I could see that there was this respect for
personal space. When Mike was with Molly she kissed Mike on the cheek and Mike
just turned his head and kept watching t.v. next to Molly, with whom he was
very close.
It turned out that it was Molly’s sister. And the old lady
was Mike’s mom. If I had been watching the program in a daily basis, my assumptions
would have been easier because I would have been more familiarized with the
plot of the program. Definitely, watching a program with no sound totally makes
you assume things that are not, just because you judge what you see.
I enjoyed reading your post because I actually had a completely different experience watching a show with no sound. The show that I watched was much easier to judge than yours seemed to be. I was able to figure out a lot about the characters (the ones I focused on as there were many)even without sound. It is funny how shows can be so different in how their non-verbal communication compares to what is really going on.
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