Date: July 06, 2018
01) Interview with Henry Thomas
“Junket interview with Henry Thomas regarding the film Misunderstood. Conducted in Washington D.C. circa February 1984. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).”
How many other people remember the days, when it was normal to touch the knee, thigh, upper arm, forearm, hand, etc…when you were talking with another person [adult or child]?
These were the days before modern neurotic notions, that it’s “violence and aggression” to walk within three feet of another person…
…We used to actually value physical touch during conversation…even amongst people who weren’t especially close.
The touching of Henry’s knee, would have been considered a good thing…a sort of human to human, non-verbal connecting…to help put the interviewee at ease.
…It used to be understood, that this kind of touch is valuable and healthy…and produced good effects.
Today…I think we can look all around us, and see the destructive effects of society having demonized this kind practice…
…Now, almost everybody is of an isolated mind…and they fear anybody being “in their space”…It’s allegedly a thing to get angry and fight over…
…How far humans have fallen, in just a few decades…
As to the interview…I do think it was kind of mean, for that woman to drag up all the sad dog stories…as if she was trying to make Henry cry, in front of the camera…He seemed to have a hard time with that…
…And I didn’t like the way she seemed to be sometimes talking more to the audience, than to Henry…Came off kind of rude.
