ABSTRACT
A skit once performed by the American National Theater of the Deaf depicts the way that hearing people appear to Deaf people when conversing among themselves. In the skit, the actor moves her mouth very rapidly, pauses occasionally, shifts her stance, continues her rapid little mouth movements, shifts her position again-all with an utterly blank face. Hearing people find the sketch amusing, but for Deaf people it is hilarious: communication without facial expression seems to miss the whole point.
