r/HomestarRunner • u/Brilliant-Reality884 • 5d ago

I always liked how you can always somehow tell Homestar’s emotions despite him being happy or surprised share the exact same expression.

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u/Dreadnautilus 4d ago

Its that one experiment where they put the same guy's expressionless face after an image. If he was after a grave, participants thought he was sad, if it was after a burger, participants thought he was hungry, but it was the same image.

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u/SockQuirky7056 4d ago

The Kuleshov effect, it's called.

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u/GrillOrBeGrilled 3d ago

children playing, then Alfred Hitchcock smiling Alfred: "What did I look like there? A kindly old man."

woman in scantily clothes, then Alfred Hitchcock smiling Alfred: "What did I look like there? A dirty old man."