Post the ‘script’ (or a brief summary) from another group’s skit and write a paragraph explaining how the ‘rules’ broke down and Language was no longer an efficient way to transfer ideas. Post as a comment on my blog.
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Yin Lin
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I enjoyed the script by Brian, Zee and Elita which focused on culture barriers. It was basically about 2 females that bumped into a indigenous person. Though the managed to communicate, they clearly showed 2 different views on living. Such as the food they eat, the way they travel, etc. Language was no longer an efficient way to transfer ideas in this case because not only do they not have a common language, but because they grow up in different environments, which leads to them having different thoughts even though they are talking about they same sort of things.
Wonjun and Stacy's skit is about the miscommunication of a couple. Wonjun comes home and Stacy asks if he wants her to cook him dinner, however he turned down the offer and suggested they go out to eat instead. To Stacy, Wonjun is suggesting that he doesn't want to eat her food, and would prefer to eat someone else's cooking. Wonjun is lost in words, while Stacy keeps on attacking him by bringing up an old incident of Wonjun not finishing the spaghetti Stacy cooked the other night. Stacy thinks that Wonjun didn't finish eating the food she cooked because he doesn't like it. She keeps pushing him to a corner whille on the other side, Wonjun is speechless.
From this skit, the miscommunication is between gender. Females are more sensitive compared to guys. Females always think that there is a deeper meaning in everything everyone says. In this case, Stacy takes Wonjun's idea of eating outside into him not liking her cooking, however Wonjun just wanted fresh air and maybe a twist from their usual routine. Language is no longer an efficient way to transfer ideas because Stacy keeps attacking him and he doesn't know what to answer; he doesn't want to say the wrong things that may have a possibility of making the condition worse. Even without saying anything, Stacy can stil bring up Wonjun's other faults. Therefore language is inefficient for this the couple in this case.
Well, a great example of miscommunication and comedy would be Won Jun, Stacy, and Danny. I loved there little skit when Won Jun came home and when his wife, Stacy, was offering to cook for him, he quickly said "how bout we eat out?" When a person reads into what is a very simple sentence, things can get out of hand. The difference is between the genders in my opinion with guys being a bit more simple and a bit lazy with expressing their feelings and girls being very sensitive and would sometimes take what you say in a different way. Stacy thinks that when Won Jun wants to go out for dinner, that just means he doesn't like her food, he'd rather drive to a restaurant to eat.
Another interesting one would be in Aura and Steph's group. When Jae Seung only wanted a hug from Aura, his girlfriend's friend, she immediately assumed he was hitting on her and was about to cheat on his girlfriend. Worried she quickly ran to Steph which led to bigger issues just because of a simple misunderstanding.
Brian, Zee, and Elita's skit is about miscommunication of people from different cultures. I think what made the biggest influence in their culture and perspective is the family they were born to and the environment they grew up in. For Brian, he came from Amazon and was used to the wildlife around it due to the absence of modern civilization, such as transportation vehicles. Meanwhile on the other hand, Zee and Elita are two girls from a big city that barely walks to get to places, eat anything like insects, or used to the natural environment around the Amazon. Their miscommunication in language were applied when Brian couldn't understand what the city girls wanted to do.
Jae Seung's group's skit was about conflict between a boyfriend (JS) and a girlfriend (Steph). The boyfriend asks his girlfriend whether he could go to the party with his friends. The girlfriend is obviously not very happy about what the boyfriend is saying because she wants to stay with him. Since the boyfriend is keep asking the girlfriend if he could have a night-off and as the argument goes long, Steph sarcastically says "Do whatever you want to do". The boyfriend doesn't realize that she is being sarcastic and goes to the party, nevertheless the girlfriend is very upset about his decision. She later gets mad when he comes back from the party firstly because of his earlier decision to go to the party, secondly because the girlfriend gets a phone call from her best friend (Aura) that he was trying to flirt with her best friend.
The language started to be dysfunctional when neither boyfriend nor girlfriend understood each other. Since there was a conflict on ideas on both sides, both of them didn't want to lose their arguments. Although at some point the girlfriend gives up and lets him go, the boyfriend didn't really understand what her words really meant but to feel happy about it.
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I enjoyed the script by Brian, Zee and Elita which focused on culture barriers. It was basically about 2 females that bumped into a indigenous person. Though the managed to communicate, they clearly showed 2 different views on living. Such as the food they eat, the way they travel, etc. Language was no longer an efficient way to transfer ideas in this case because not only do they not have a common language, but because they grow up in different environments, which leads to them having different thoughts even though they are talking about they same sort of things.
Wonjun and Stacy's skit is about the miscommunication of a couple. Wonjun comes home and Stacy asks if he wants her to cook him dinner, however he turned down the offer and suggested they go out to eat instead. To Stacy, Wonjun is suggesting that he doesn't want to eat her food, and would prefer to eat someone else's cooking. Wonjun is lost in words, while Stacy keeps on attacking him by bringing up an old incident of Wonjun not finishing the spaghetti Stacy cooked the other night. Stacy thinks that Wonjun didn't finish eating the food she cooked because he doesn't like it. She keeps pushing him to a corner whille on the other side, Wonjun is speechless.
From this skit, the miscommunication is between gender. Females are more sensitive compared to guys. Females always think that there is a deeper meaning in everything everyone says. In this case, Stacy takes Wonjun's idea of eating outside into him not liking her cooking, however Wonjun just wanted fresh air and maybe a twist from their usual routine. Language is no longer an efficient way to transfer ideas because Stacy keeps attacking him and he doesn't know what to answer; he doesn't want to say the wrong things that may have a possibility of making the condition worse. Even without saying anything, Stacy can stil bring up Wonjun's other faults. Therefore language is inefficient for this the couple in this case.
Well, a great example of miscommunication and comedy would be Won Jun, Stacy, and Danny. I loved there little skit when Won Jun came home and when his wife, Stacy, was offering to cook for him, he quickly said "how bout we eat out?" When a person reads into what is a very simple sentence, things can get out of hand. The difference is between the genders in my opinion with guys being a bit more simple and a bit lazy with expressing their feelings and girls being very sensitive and would sometimes take what you say in a different way. Stacy thinks that when Won Jun wants to go out for dinner, that just means he doesn't like her food, he'd rather drive to a restaurant to eat.
Another interesting one would be in Aura and Steph's group. When Jae Seung only wanted a hug from Aura, his girlfriend's friend, she immediately assumed he was hitting on her and was about to cheat on his girlfriend. Worried she quickly ran to Steph which led to bigger issues just because of a simple misunderstanding.
Brian, Zee, and Elita's skit is about miscommunication of people from different cultures. I think what made the biggest influence in their culture and perspective is the family they were born to and the environment they grew up in. For Brian, he came from Amazon and was used to the wildlife around it due to the absence of modern civilization, such as transportation vehicles. Meanwhile on the other hand, Zee and Elita are two girls from a big city that barely walks to get to places, eat anything like insects, or used to the natural environment around the Amazon. Their miscommunication in language were applied when Brian couldn't understand what the city girls wanted to do.
Jae Seung's group's skit was about conflict between a boyfriend (JS) and a girlfriend (Steph). The boyfriend asks his girlfriend whether he could go to the party with his friends. The girlfriend is obviously not very happy about what the boyfriend is saying because she wants to stay with him. Since the boyfriend is keep asking the girlfriend if he could have a night-off and as the argument goes long, Steph sarcastically says "Do whatever you want to do". The boyfriend doesn't realize that she is being sarcastic and goes to the party, nevertheless the girlfriend is very upset about his decision. She later gets mad when he comes back from the party firstly because of his earlier decision to go to the party, secondly because the girlfriend gets a phone call from her best friend (Aura) that he was trying to flirt with her best friend.
The language started to be dysfunctional when neither boyfriend nor girlfriend understood each other. Since there was a conflict on ideas on both sides, both of them didn't want to lose their arguments. Although at some point the girlfriend gives up and lets him go, the boyfriend didn't really understand what her words really meant but to feel happy about it.
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