HowsimilargestureconveydifferentinformationinDifferentCultureHollywoodvsHongKongClassicmoviescenes–ThehandoncheekpostureHollywood–AmericaandWestEuroperegionGenerallyreceivedasasignthatoneislostinthought.Depictingatroubledmind,typicallyusedwhencharacterisalone.Appropriatebehaviourinmostcases,aneutralposture.AtticusFinch(GregoryPeck)reflectingonhisconversationwithhisdaughterScoutinthe1962movieToKillAMockingbird.Theposturedepictinghiscalmingandthoughtfulpersonalityaswellastheintelligenttraitsofthecharacter.TheHongKongCinematic–South-eastAsiaConsideredasasignofdistrust,eventhreateninginsomecases.Arudebehaviourintraditionalconcepts(especiallyinChinaandJapan,thoughemoreacceptableduetowesterninfluence).Oftenusedinaconflictingscenariowheretwocharacterclash.Canbeusedtodepictintelligencealbeitwithhostileintent.SuperintendentWong(AnthonyWong)tryingtobesternandagitatethecrimebossSaminthe2002pictureInfernalAffairs.Thepostureshowshismenacingattitudeanddespisementofthecriminal,givingoutahostilesign.
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