After
reviewing the television episode Everyone Love Raymond- in Italy, without the sound,
it appeared that the relationship between Raymond and his wife Deborah was very
disconnected and it appeared that there was a lot of tension between the two of
them until the end of the episode. Deborah appear to often point, yell and walk
away from Raymond in a middle of their conversations. The couple and extend
family appear to be planning a trip to Italy and Raymond did not seem to please
or cooperative in the planning process of this family vacation. Raymond
appeared to be very frustrated, physical sicken and sad around his wife, Deborah
until the end of the episode when thy both appeared to be very affection with
each other, (as if they had “made-up” and rekindled their love for one another).
Raymond and Deborah appeared to be very caring towards their children often
smiled and acted remotely relax around them. During the episode, Raymond’s
brother appeared to be very reserved, disengaged from the family and appeared
to be more concern with the women he was with through the show. Raymond’s
mother appeared to be very affection, and smiling at all members throughout the
show except her husband. It appeared that Raymond’s mother and father had a “roller
coaster” relationship with each other by going back and forth between arguing
and then seen holding hands and smiling at each other latter in the show.
After reviewing the episode Everyone
Loves Raymond with the sound on, it was evident that the relationship between Deborah
and Raymond’s mother wasn’t always as affection and kind based on Deborah’s response
when she learned that Raymond’s mother was also inviting her to family vacation
to Italy that she was paying for. It would have been very helpful to truly understand
the dynamics between Raymond and Deborah relationship with Raymond’s mother. It
was also evident that he relationship between Raymond was very tense and
disconnected, but only has a direct result of underlying tension that exist
between Raymond’s family and his wife Deborah. It was obvious that tension
between Deborah and Raymond’s family exist, but since I had not been keeping up
with the show, the exact cause was unknown. I believe that Raymond’s brother was disengaged
from the family because no one in the family took and sincere interest in him
as individuals or care about the feelings he appeared to have towards the woman
he was with through the show. It was evident that the existing stressors
between Raymond and Deborah derived from Raymond’s side of the family. Both
Raymond and Deborah were actually having a hard time through the show being
fully engage and with Raymond mother as she appeared to be very controlling.
I think you did a great job reading their nonverbal cues and you interpreted their relationships pretty well without being an avid watcher of the show. Relationships are complex, especially television one's because of their need to entertain the masses, and they are very difficult to understand from one silent episode. I think you also chose an interesting episode because when Raymond and Deborah disagree their relationship is put to the test. They both are strong characters and both are stubborn in relinquishing power. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteYou did great job decoding the relationships of the characters. Have you ever watched the "Every body loves Raymond"? I rarely watch TV drama as well as movie due to my poor English. It's hard to catch the verbal. I would like to watch this program because you can read them with sound off. so I can do it. It must a very interesting drama with exaggerate body movement, face expression, and gesture that is good to learn nonverbal skills.
Hi Rachel, great job on the posting about the show. I have watched the show once and it does seem to be a lot of drama in the show. I would hate to be in a family in which there is that much going on on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and keep up the good work.
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