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Does "Face-Blindness" interfere with your TV/movie-watching?
Not at all/I'm not Face-Blind. 22%  22%  [ 10 ]
At times it's a problem, but only with certain characters. 17%  17%  [ 8 ]
Sometimes. After a few episodes, I can distinguish most characters. 35%  35%  [ 16 ]
Often. If the characters aren't introduced well, I'm going to struggle. 22%  22%  [ 10 ]
It's so bad that most of the time, I don't even bother watching shows/movies. 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
I used to have a bigger problem, but I've found techniques to help me. (Please tell us below!) 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 46

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03 Nov 2012, 10:05 am

I've had that problem in war movies, where everyone has the same uniform. I often simply don't bother with who's who as the characters usually die in the end, except a few that make it.

Interestingly enough I've never had much problems with Rome, as the characters have a very different shape of the body.



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03 Nov 2012, 12:45 pm

If I remember correctly, the characters in Rome had different voices which helped me. I go by hair color, too.


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03 Nov 2012, 12:57 pm

Some TV shows are better at identifying different characters than others. For instance, it was difficult to see who was Kate and who was Allie. On the other hand Laverne and Shirley made it easy by having Laverne always wearing an "L" on her clothing.