Will & Grace- Communication Skills and Styles

“Will & Grace” is a television show that I never watched before. Watching this episode with no sound very interesting. I did find a little challenging at the beginning because I did not know the characters or any history about the show. However, once I took my mind away from trying to figure out the history of the sitcom, I started to focus on the nonverbal cues of body movements, facial expressions and eye contact. What I took from the watching the show with the sound off was based on a conflict with one character who was sharing news that could have been disappointing. While the other half of the show seemed to be surround by a completion between three friends.

Watching the show with sound was much better. Grace in the is episode had the opportunity to spend time with her Father on a road trip.  Grace and her Father had a heated conversation about a mishap that happened in the past between her and her father’s best friend. Grace’s father was in denial and refused to hear the story until he seen the pain in his daughter’s eyes.  The second of half of the sitcom was a battle between Karen and Will for the Best Man title of their mutual friend Jack. The two competed against each other at a gay bar by lip singing and acting out different scenarios from spinning the wheel. The first competition ending up being a tie so, the two had to battle between who knew Jack the best. In the end Jack decided to make gay marriage different and have not one but two best men. The episode had a ton of funny moments.

What I learn from the “OOOWEE” moment was nonverbal cues can be very power. For the first time watching this sitcom I think that I did good with my assumptions about the story line. I will definitely try this activity again to see if I am as good with my assumptions a second time around.