In the film My Cousin Vinny, intercultural communication is exemplified throughout. The film presents characters from New York who find themselves in the southern state of Alabama, where they display differences within their cultural values, norms, and communication patterns including certain verbal and nonverbal codes. Therefore, these intercultural communication components come to reveal the way the two different cultures represented in the film by the different characters view themselves and each other.
My Cousin Vinny presents the cultural values of southern culture through the character of the trial judge, Chamberlain Haller juxtaposed to Vinny's northern (New York) values. Cultural values are those that are the desired characteristics …show more content…
For example, when Bill is being questioned by the police officer and their is a miscommunication of what he is being charged for. The cop comments if Bill's friend Stan was "aidin and abbedin," to which Bill questions if he means "aiding and abetting," this shows a difference in the difference they speak of the English language or phonology. Furthermore, when they are having a conversation of why Bill was arrested the cop, who is from the town in Alabama usually speaks with a soft tone while talking with a drawl. While, Bill usually talks fast, often making gestures with his hands when he speaks to emphasize what he is saying. Moreover, when they come to the point and as if Bill murdered to the clerk, due to the miscommunication of why he is at the station Bill displays the nonverbal code of affect display, communicating a confused expression on his face, although the cop believes that he is lying and not telling the truth so he rejects this. Continuously, the cop ask Bill if he murdered the clerk, Bill then shows the nonverbal code of illustrator, which is a nonverbal behavior that is linked to a verbal message . Bill presents confusion while also saying “I shot the clerk? I shot the clerk?.” The tone of his voice comes off as a confession rather than him asking a question, which leads the cop believe that he is confessing to the
My Cousin Vinny presents the cultural values of southern culture through the character of the trial judge, Chamberlain Haller juxtaposed to Vinny's northern (New York) values. Cultural values are those that are the desired characteristics …show more content…
For example, when Bill is being questioned by the police officer and their is a miscommunication of what he is being charged for. The cop comments if Bill's friend Stan was "aidin and abbedin," to which Bill questions if he means "aiding and abetting," this shows a difference in the difference they speak of the English language or phonology. Furthermore, when they are having a conversation of why Bill was arrested the cop, who is from the town in Alabama usually speaks with a soft tone while talking with a drawl. While, Bill usually talks fast, often making gestures with his hands when he speaks to emphasize what he is saying. Moreover, when they come to the point and as if Bill murdered to the clerk, due to the miscommunication of why he is at the station Bill displays the nonverbal code of affect display, communicating a confused expression on his face, although the cop believes that he is lying and not telling the truth so he rejects this. Continuously, the cop ask Bill if he murdered the clerk, Bill then shows the nonverbal code of illustrator, which is a nonverbal behavior that is linked to a verbal message . Bill presents confusion while also saying “I shot the clerk? I shot the clerk?.” The tone of his voice comes off as a confession rather than him asking a question, which leads the cop believe that he is confessing to the