Take the Money and Run: Paralleling Faces

Did you see Take the Money and Run last night? I gave live commentary on Facebook about the show as it aired, and I immediately noticed a similarity between the contestants. Trisha and her dad immediately brought images to my mind’s eye of Tatum and Ryan O’Neal. The similarities between Rick and Ryan were stunning.  There were also parallels to Tatum and Trisha, though not as many.

With that, I had an immediate sense of Rick’s personality. He was going to be a lot like Ryan. With that, if you know how Ryan would act in a given scenario, you have a high likelihood Rick will act the same way, and he did. I predicted he would break early in the show, and that is exactly what happened.

Mary and Paul hatched a plan on the show which played into Rick’s ego — another strategy and it worked. Rick told Mary where the briefcase was after a 2.5 hour interview, and when they investigated it–sure enough!  There it was.

Do you see similarities between these two?  I call this paralleling.

*I caution the average person who is not skilled at paralleling to be careful.  I suspect I see nuances in facial features and emotions that most people don’t see. Many people have tried this around me and fail to make matches without my assistance.

A Preview of the Dr. Phil Show with the Anthonys

Dr. Phil will be airing his interview with Cindy and George Anthony on September 12, 2011. In this clip, it shows him asking them tough questions.

The question I am sure everyone wants to know is has Cindy finally come out of her denial, and is she seeing things clearly? With the fact that Casey walked free, I think the odds of her embracing the truth are the lowest ever. With Casey’s verdict, Cindy has more to hold on than ever to shield her from the reality that her own flesh and blood could kill, but it will be interesting to watch nonetheless.

Human behavior is endlessly fascinating to me.

Expression of the Day

Mom

What emotion do you see and what leads you to identify it?

The Daily Challenge: Find Social Smiles

-Girl in pink-

Here is a challenge for you. Set out and find “social smiles”–not genuine ones. Post your photo or link in the comment section and tell us why you believe your smile is a social (fake) smile rather than a genuine one!

Josh Powell’s Dad “In Love” with Susan?

This is an eerie interview to watch of both Josh and his father, Stephen.  Josh is working so hard to control himself in this interview, he talks very softly. He clearly lack confidence and yet in an odd twist, we see incredible arrogance leaking out of him.

Notice how he doesn’t answer questions asked of him? 

When Josh is asked why he didn’t call his job the Monday he missed work when Susan supposedly disappeared, Josh says, “Saturday was a blur. I was convinced it was still Saturday.”  I believe him here. This is the truth. 

Josh says one thing that stood out to me.  He said that Susan walked out the front door in her underwear and started walking down the street.   The statement comes out of nowhere, and I have to ask on the night that she disappeared, is this what she did? 

To a controlling man like Josh, who may have been threatening her, she may have tried to escape out of fear, and her escaping like this would have humiliated him incredibly and might have caused him to snap.   This statement by him paints a very eerie picture, and not the picture Josh had hoped — that Susan was unstable.

And more troubling is Stephen Powell who claims that he and Susan engaged in sexual flirting and more.  He said, “We interacted in a lot of sexual ways because Susan enjoys doing that.”    I don’t believe Stephen here at all.

The reporter asked Stephen, “Do you think a part of you started to fall in love with Susan?”

Stephen says, “That’s pretty likely, yeah.”

Stephens answer says it all to me. His memory recall is off.  He doesn’t talk about it like it is a past tense event.  He talks about it in present tense…instead of saying, “Yeah, I was (past tense) in love”.

Will Josh move out of his dad’s house with these claims, or will he stay?  That’s the question.  If he stays, it sure supports the fact he and his dad are conjuring up stories together, doesn’t it?

Click here to read my original thoughts on Josh Powell.