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hi all ! i work with adolescents with complex histories of developmental and relational trauma. we are currently working on learning empathic (or 'non-violent') communication [e.g. expressing oneself honestly and listening honestly / four components: observation, feelings, needs, and requests/ expressing ourselves with clarity, compassion, self-responsibility, and empathy] to practice when dealing with interpersonal conflict.

i am working on an activity for us ... trying to find brief scenes in series/movies in which one character handles conflict inappropriately so that we can assess the following things together: how might that person be feeling? where did they go wrong in communicating those feelings? how did the person's reaction impede conflict resolution? how did the reaction impact the relationship? how do we think the reaction made their friend/partner/coworker/etc. feel?

i am adapting this presentation from one i made for my students with intellectual disabilities and we reviewed what we call "expected vs. unexpected behaviors". for THAT presentation, i included the dinner table scene from What About Bob, when he just says MMMMMMMM for 2 minutes straight and everyone else at the table is clearly having "weird" feelings about Bob. i also included the scene from Wet Hot American Summer when Paul Rudd throws his tray and then makes a big faff about cleaning it up. for those students, i needed the unexpected behavior to be very apparent.

for my neurotypical high schoolers, i'm looking for scenes that are a bit more complex.

NOTE: it does NOT need to be from a PG movie. explicit language is not a problem.

also, i suppose it would be helpful to offer, in contrast, a scene in which characters handle conflict beautifully.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!

1. Has to be between a male and a female character.
2. Both characters have to speak throughout the fight (more than 2-3 lines each)
3. The female character kills the male character at the end.

I am taking a stage combat class for the SAFD, and my partner and I need a scene we can play to match it with the choreo we have learned. If anybody knows of a scene that has these three things I would greatly appreciate it!