The Carmichael Show

The show that I choose to watch is the Carmichael show which comes on NBC. The episode title was "Disorganized Religion" in this episode the setting is at a home with people sitting at the table talking. The members sitting at the table consists of 4 males and two females. The dynamics of the relations appear to be a father, mother, two sons, and a reverend. I watched the video without the volume and with it, by doing so i was able to gain more insight of the conversations.

Without the sound:
I viewed the individuals sitting at the table about to partake in a meal. The table was set formally, and a bottle of wine was present, everyone's cup was filled with water except for the Reverend he had wine in his. I inferred the type of role everyone played because of the Fathers character sat at the head of the table, the other gentle man sat on the other end. One of the young men that was sitting at the table when the scene began made me sense he and the young girl character was romantically involved. The girl would lean in very close when she needed to whisper something to the young man. As they sat at the table i observed the female character place wine in the cup of the gentleman that sat closest to her at the table, he must of asked for more drink because she again placed more in the cup, so much so that it almost ran over. The male leaned over without holding the cup and slurped the drink out. He then tucks his napkin inside the top of his shirt indicating he was ready for dinner.

The mom character with the assistance of another male which i believed to be her other son sat at the table with a ham. I observed the older man praying over the food, and the girl keeps her head up and eyes open while everyone else bowed their head and closed their eyes. It appears the Rev asks her some questions about why she didn't participate along with them by bowing her head and closing her eyes and saying Amen. She smiled uncomfortably and I saw her lips mouth Amen.

With the sound
Rev Carlson sat at the table telling a story about Moses in the bible, he mispronounces the name incorrectly and began add his own dialog to the story which wasn't from the bible. Rev Carlson stated to Maxine "More wine" in which she replied "oh no thanks " he proceeds to tell her "no for me" she added a couple of drops, he followed with keep it going until it almost spilled over. The Rev told maxine he want his cup to look like an infinity pool.

The mom (Cynthia) brings the main course the ham to the table and asks the Rev to pray over the food. Everyone at the table bows their heads and closes their eyes except Maxine. Rev Carlson ends the prayer with Let us all say Amen. Maxine remained quiet and the rev repeated let us all say amen. Maxine says " I thought it would be more respectful no to join in because i'm not christian, Amen".
Maxine expresses that she is Jewish and everyone around the table adds their commentary about her statement. Cynthia questions maxine stating of course your christian what else could you be? Rev Carlson comments "Jesus was a jew; look how that turned out".

The dialog around the table continued with Maxine stating her views on the subject and Cynthia ending the conversation by changing subjects.



Watching the same episode with the sound offered so much clarity and insight into the areas of the broadcast that i was not able to pick up on. I struggled with reading the characters lips, however some of the facial expressions helped bring some sense of understanding to the scenes. It solidified that we are very much guilty of misinterpreting thing that people say based of non verbal communication. In instances of the show there were some serious topics concerning race, religion, sin, drinking, lying, and perception shown in the episode.