Two dogs live across the street. The older one seems to specialize in disdainfully looking away. I realized today that to pull it off properly, it is important to catch the target's eye. The target should be able to tell you are looking at him, her or it. If you are optically agile enough, it can add to the force of the look if you can roll your eyes while turning your head away from the target and letting eyes come to rest at least 90° away from the target. If successfully executed, the maneuver can be completed in quiet. No barking, no yipping, no laughing or snickering or sighing are needed.
We have been watching with interest the ridiculous Netflix show Jane, the Virgin. It is a rapidly changing story of very interwoven characters who are dating each other, hating each other, loving each other and deeply lusting for each other. The story is an American adaptation of a Venezuelan hit Juanna, la virgen.
The audience is steadily learning that the luxury hotel manager, a total male dish, of course, is the ex-husband of her and the brother of him and the son of none other than him over there. Things usually get even more complicated when we find that the male dish is the ex-husband of her. During his husband period, he had an affair with her, yes, the lovely daughter of the chief of police, who never did like that guy. There are usually as many characters showing disdain and displeasure as there are positive waves so we get many chances to see versions of disdain, distrust and deception, and the masterly look away. A viewer can get lost in the ups and downs, enough so that there is a summary of the story and the tensions that are zipping back and forth at the beginning of each episode. The summary doesn't help much.
