Take the Money and Run: Paralleling Faces

Did you see Take the Money and Run last night? I gave live commentary on Facebook about the show as it aired, and I immediately noticed a similarity between the contestants. Trisha and her dad immediately brought images to my mind’s eye of Tatum and Ryan O’Neal. The similarities between Rick and Ryan were stunning.  There were also parallels to Tatum and Trisha, though not as many.

With that, I had an immediate sense of Rick’s personality. He was going to be a lot like Ryan. With that, if you know how Ryan would act in a given scenario, you have a high likelihood Rick will act the same way, and he did. I predicted he would break early in the show, and that is exactly what happened.

Mary and Paul hatched a plan on the show which played into Rick’s ego — another strategy and it worked. Rick told Mary where the briefcase was after a 2.5 hour interview, and when they investigated it–sure enough!  There it was.

Do you see similarities between these two?  I call this paralleling.

*I caution the average person who is not skilled at paralleling to be careful.  I suspect I see nuances in facial features and emotions that most people don’t see. Many people have tried this around me and fail to make matches without my assistance.