For this weeks' post I decided to watch a Disney show called Pair of Kings. I would not normally watch this, but my niece loves Disney and many of its programs. The premise of this show is twin brothers inherit a small isolated island, Kin Kow. The boys grew up in Chicago with their aunt and uncle as their parents died when they were babies.
From what I observed in the first ten minutes I can tell that the boys have a strong relationship with each other. They exhibit constant eye contact, their bodies are facing each other, and their facial expression seem to react to what the other has said, or events happening. Even the "guards" have a good relationship with the kings as the constantly are interacting and guarding the boys. The boys do venture off into the island and get into mischief. However, the girl guard does show some anger or frustration in her face.
When I watched the show with the sound on I learned that the frustration the girl was exhibiting is because the kings are portrayed as less than average in intelligence. The boys are similar to the character Amelia Bedilia in that they take everything literally. The boys do love each other, but often argue within the show. They genuinely listen to each other, but when it comes time to take responsibility for their actions, the boys quickly blame each other.
This was an interesting show and I am not sure what benefits it holds for children. The body language, eye contact and active listening are all good models of what to do during a discussion, but the show itself was bizarre.
Natasha,
ReplyDeleteI do agree that this sounds bizarre. I think that "Hollywood" is a professional in establishing appropriate communication techniques. They study people and know how to genuinely mimic emotions and responses to suck us into their world and stir up our own emotions and responses.