The Nonverbal Message- Application

The facial expression is one of the key factors in nonverbal communication and in an episode of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Charlie is "the wild-card" of the group. The gang is trying to get a loan from the bank and they each have a key role that they are going to play when they go to the bank to talk to the loan adviser. Charlie decides he wants to have a "wild-card face" to get the point across that he's the one that can do anything in a moments notice. He practices a few faces that obviously show that he is not a "wild-card" and goes to practice more. The point of this is that he wants to use nonverbal communication to show his role in the group at different points of the television program. Dennis and Mac make fun of his facial expressions and ask him what he is trying to tell the people with his face. This is a valid question because that is the whole point of a facial expression, one is trying to convey something without words. So when Charlie practices his facial expressions, he is able to communicate between others without words and he has a successful yet weird "wild-card" face.