Communication_Theories_In_American_Beauty

Communication Theories In American Beauty Communication Theories within American Beauty The movie American Beauty is about a family who is coming apart at the seams. It uses many of the theories that we have touched on in this class but mostly the Interactional View. This theory is more prevalent then others because the core principles of it focus on the family as a system, rather than individual traits. And in this movie all the characters talk about is how messed up the family’s communication is as a whole. Some examples of the communication theories are very evident in many scenes of this movie. One example is in the first dinner scene when they are sitting at the table. No one is really conversing at all and if they do it is to complain about the music or some minuet problem. This is a great example of Relational Dialectics. They have a lot of seclusion from on another which brings down their relationships. Another great example of these theories is how it is very difficult for any of the parents in the whole movie to talk to their children. Ricky’s dad shows this extensively, especially when he beats Ricky up for having that video of Lester working movie, theory, lester, because, beauty, think, one, about, theories, shows, ricky, really, personal, lester’s, great, family, expectancy, whole, way, violations, very, success, scene, red, people, lust, first, example, even, american, wanted, view, true, time, through, things