Review of Movie : My Fair Lady

REVIEW OF photo MY FAIR LADY It has been theorized that the ability to riposte through language made the military personnel species possible and in the same way, case-by-casely individual becomes hu partized as he/she enters into communicative intercourse with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is recognized as true, therefore it follows that the continued victimization of the human species depends on from each one individual being able to participate efficaciously in the elaborate at of intercourse. Was this the substance of the mental picture My Fair Lady? Mr.Higgins certainly believed that a persons accent and bank none of voice determine his/her prospects in nine and that verbal menage distinction could be extinct if the slope taught their children how to speak. The cognitive operation of potent communication has been broadly defined as the successful exchange of in normalation through a series of stages consisting of Sender, Encoding, Channel, Decoding, Receiver, and Feedback in a particular Context. The goal of effective communication is earnting the put across across without error and confusion.Effort should therefore be shooted at reducing the frequency of problems at each stage of this process with clear, accurate, sanitary- planned communications. This melodic theme will focus on the white plague of communication codes to exclude or accept individuals in accessible contexts in the movie My Fair Lady. Encoding is the process of transferring the information being communicated into a form that can be sent and in good pose decoded at the new(prenominal) end. So, in a sense all language and indite systems are codes.The ability to encode effectively is vital to successful communication. It requires the transmitter to commence information clearly and simply, as tumesce as having such in-depth knowledge of the interview that he/she can anticipate and pass any sources of confusion that may arise. T hese include cultural issues, mistaken assumptions, missing information. The sender should consider the following Choice of berate or language en agonistic in encoding the message Different interpretations minded(p) to the same words by antithetic persons Effect of past experiences on latest perceptions Misreading of body language, eminence and other non-verbal forms of communication Noisy transmission resulting in distorted or inconsistent messages own(prenominal) bowes Interpersonal relationships Cultural differences Successful decipher is likewise a skill. It involves taking measure to read or to listen actively to the message, as well as having fit knowledge to understand it. Contexts are unflinching by questions want Whom, What and Where.They can be intra-personal, inter-personal, small groups, large organizations as well as mass communication like movies. If, according to Walt Disney, movies can and do subscribe to tremendous influence in do young live s towards the ideals and the objectives of normal adulthood, then the movie My Fair Lady may have been conceptualized to help English youths overlord the drug abuse of their own language. The overall message of the movie was encapsulated by the challenge undertaken by Mr. Higgins to teach young Eliza Doo smallish to speak worthy English (like a duchess).The movie highlighted the differences in the way stack encode their messages and the autocratic or negative responses that can be directly attri entirelyed to the way in which the message was initially encoded. An apt in effective encoding was Mr. Alfie Doolittle, Elizas father, who was a direct contrast to Mr. Higgins, whose crude and inert behavior was al nigh guaranteed a negative response. Mr. Doolittles philosophy was to enjoy career doing as little as possible and finding ways to benefit from the hard work of others, with a little bit of chance.The customary response of not a brass farthing did not deter him from nerve-racking again and again to find soulfulness to support his drinking habit. When all else failed, he had his daughter on whom he could fall back. His rationale was that he had given her life and the opportunity to roam the whole urban center selling flowers, so he was entitle to rough of her earnings occasionally. His expertise was present in the inter-personal exchange when he visited Mr. Higgins to enquire about the welfare of his daughter. His real intention, though, was to abide some money from Mr. Higgins.He was such an expert in effective encoding that he succeeded, not just in lemniscus Mr. Higgins from calling the Police, but in acquiring Mr. Higgins to tenderise ten pounds instead of the quintet that he wanted. . Mr. Doolittle had no bias against the rich. He accepted the difference in lieu surrounded by himself, a poor garbageman and Mr. Higgins, a professor. He was not intimidate by Mr. Higgins obviously superior status. given to living by his wits, he a xiom before him a man, of a antithetical status, yes, but tranquil a man. He acknowledged that he was one of the undeserving poor and was content with his lot.He rationalized why he could not dedicate to live by middle class morals his unavoidably were too much. Nevertheless, he was not waiver to allow Mr. Higgins to take advantage of his nature. He appealed to what they had in common- their masculinity and their ability to reason. His tone of voice, gestures, body language and facial looking helped to ensure comely decoding of his message. In the end, he was able to impress Mr. Higgins with his lifelike gift of rhetoric e. g. Im willing to tell you, Im wanting to tell you, Im waiting to tell you. After explaining why he wanted money for his daughter, Mr.Higgins confidence of him changed from being a blackmailer to a philosophical genius. He later recommended him to lecture on morals as an current moralist. On the other hand, Mr. Higgins manner of speaking or way of enco ding his message was so crude that he couldnt help but get a negative response. For example, when Eliza visited his home to pick up lessons, he was most insulting. He referred to her as piece of baggage, deliciously low-class, horribly corruptive and a draggle-tail gutter snipe. Mr. Higginss vulgar Sit down was a great contrast to Mr. Pickerings whats your name, sound would you sit down, Ms. Doolittle? Mr.Pickering succeeded in doing what Mr. Higgins could not do. He got Eliza to sit. Mr. Higgins speech reflected his feelings of superiority and personal bias against people who could not speak graceful English. He obviously believed that Standard English i. e. the English of Shakespeare, Milton and the Bible was the only proper form of the language. Mr. Higgins also expressed some bias against women for whom he apparently had little respect (at least as a wife). He saw Eliza as Something, not as Someone with feelings. The intervention of Mr. Pickerings what do you want, my de ar? , again got a positive response from Eliza.She wanted to register to speak more genteel, in order to work as a noblewoman in a flower shop. Elizas ignorance and immaturity were also barriers to proper decoding. Mr. Higgins extrapolation of her offer of a shilling a lesson to 60 or 70 pounds from a millionaire, was taken as a request for 60 or 70 pounds. Since she knew that she could not afford to pay this huge sum, she became very upset. The use of figurative language was lost on Eliza when Mr. Higgins said that the streets would be full of perfectly bodies of men fighting to marry her. She plan that he was a mad man and wanted nothing to do with him. These barriers, created both by Mr.Higgins and Eliza, blocked the communication process between them so much, that by the date he was willing to accept the unresisting challenge, Eliza had made up her mind to leave. His crying attempt at manipulation forced the intervention of Mrs. Pearce and Mr. Pickering. The terms of thei r association were gauzy to the satisfaction of Mrs. Pearce and later perhaps to Eliza, who still screamed that if she did not like it, she would leave. It has been noted that the most efficient communication takes into account the social and intellectual features of both the speaker and the hearer (Simmons-Mc Donald).Mr. Doolittle certainly did that. He clearly understood himself, his audience (Mr. Higgins) and the social context (the class structure) in which he communicated his message. This made his order of communicating very effective. He also gave recognition to the premise that all communication involves a relationship, conscious or unconscious, between the speaker and the listener. He recognized the differences between Mr. Higgins and himself but appealed to the qualities they had in common.A relationship was established, destiny to ensure the successful decoding of his message. In contrast, Mr. Higgins made no attempt to institute any relationship with his audience ( Eliza). He was arrogant and downright rude. He believed that people could change their class by learnedness to speak proper English. His message was good, but his coding was atrocious. This was principally, because he was very impersonal and totally ignored the feelings of his audience. In my opinion, these twain examples demonstrate the positive and negative use of communication codes. Word Count 1500