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[['''Facial Dialogue]]''' occurs when a character is communicating not just his emotional reactions or intense feelings, but entire reams of dialog using nothing more than their facial expressions and without saying a single word. When two characters do this to each other, it results in entire paragraphs of byplay, all perfectly understandable to the audience despite the entire exchange being silent.
 
Used correctly, such scenes can be as good as, or even better, than those with actual spoken dialogue.
 
[[Eye Take]], [[Aside Glance]] and [[Fascinating Eyebrow]] may be used as part of the [['''Facial Dialogue]]''', but by themselves are only limited versions. Often the forte of [[The Silent Bob]], [[The Voiceless]] and [[The Quiet One]]. Often featured in a [[No Dialogue Episode]]. It is just as often used by characters who are perfectly capable of speaking, but just don't in this occasion.
 
Has ''nothing'' to do with porn actresses talking to the cameraman after...well, you figure it out. Well, it ''might''. But probably not.
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* This is supposedly what got Peter Tork selected as a member of [[The Monkees]]. He didn't speak during his interview, just communicated with over-the-top facial expressions.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOrqOELpdIU Merlin's face] at 0:52
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGURy23xyLg this scene] from the same episode. They have their entire conversation silently and almost leave it at that until Arthur decides to verbalize it anyway -- probablyanyway—probably because he felt Merlin wasn't embarrassed enough.
*** Merlin and Arthur do this a ''lot,'' even when they're speaking out loud. I swear, put any of their scenes on mute and you'll get the idea and it will still be almost jut as funny. Or [[Ho Yay|sexy.]] Or both, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|depending on the scene.]]
* The "telepathic conversations" on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. Although we hear what the characters are thinking, you can still get the gist of it just by the expressions alone.
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