Bruiser Film Analysis - 1551 Words

Another aspect of nonverbal language incorporated into the movie is haptics, or communication through physical touch (Wood, 2013). Haptics has a significant effect on interpersonal communication, and as Joann Peck and Terry Childers write in the Journal of Consumer research, â€Å"interpersonal touch has been found to greatly affect both attitudes and behavior (Peck, 2003). When Elle finds her intended fiancà ©, Warner, at a Halloween party, she effectively charms him into a corner. Elle places her arms on Warner’s shoulders and guides Warner’s hands to her waist as she waffles about law school while Warner is entirely distracted by her flirting. In another scene, Bruiser demonstrates his approval of Vivian Kensington, Warner’s fiancà ©e, by†¦show more content†¦When Elle sees that two girls are crudely and bluntly rejecting her sweet friend David Kidney, she ingeniously decides that the smartest thing for her to do is to walk up to David and slap him . Confused and stunned, David apologizes for an imagined wrong, and Elle pretends to have been a scorned ex-lover who had spent a night of unimaginable bliss with David before he supposedly disappeared on her. She storms away and giggles lightly after getting out of earshot of the two girls, and one of them turns to David and asks, â€Å"So†¦ what are you doing tonight?† By acting as if David had left her, Elle relied on her appearance as a beautiful woman to make the other women believe that David was a man to be reckoned with. Elle’s act was based on the assumption that the other girls would see her as a desirable woman and therefore lend credence to the fact that David is an even more desirable person. Therefore, Elle’s physical appearance, coupled with her verbal rampage, communicates to the two bullies that David is actually a suave casanova who tosses aside beautiful girls every day. On the other side of the coin, the fine print that accompanies her physical appearance means that many people that meet her severely underestimate her intellect and abilities,