Hush Little Baby Don't Say a Word: I mean you can try but...

In class this past Tuesday we watched the Buffy episode "Hush" and I was ridiculously freaked out by the demeanor as well as the appearance of the "Gentlemen". The entire episode was disorienting to me, although it was still entertaining, because of the lack of verbal speech used in the episode. The lack of spoken speech was still really effective and showed to me the importance of communication (strongest particularly between the Gentlemen, and weakest between the characters of the "scoobies"). After watching this episode I was able to distinguish the difference between talking between people and communication. When one talks with another individual, they just exchange words, which doesn't necessarily mean that those in the conversation understand what is being said. When people communicate, like in the case of the Gentlemen, with their hand gestures and head nods, the individuals in the conversation not only understand the words being said but the intent of their conversation.