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Still, Goffman's point is, when both members of the team play their roles that send a message that those new people in the audience will now expect to see. This is "team performance" and in this case, and others like it, each member of the team has the power to ruin the show, or keep it on track, by his or her behavior. This is the "bond of reciprocal dependence" (p. 82).

In Chapter III ("Regions and Region Behavior") there is more to learn, this time about "regions" (such as a cocktail party where several couples gather in one room in "subgroups" which "constantly shift in size and membership") (107). People talking and responding to others in regions are actually putting on a performance. Some realize it, some don't. Decorum is the expected polite behavior while in a region. "Make-work" is the performance that workers put on when the supervisor comes by; everyone's done it; it's another form of decorum.

On page 112-113 Goffman describes the way a woman acts when she is with other women, as opposed to the way she behaves around her lover, or husband.

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Around her man, Goffman quotes Simone de Beauvoir, she is "always play-acting" and she "lies" by making believe she agrees with her second-class status around men. But with other women, she is "behind the scenes," no long "play-acting." Women may challenge this concept, but Goffman presents it as though it is a proven and consistent dynamic between men and women.

Finally, Chapter VI is about how to manage the impression one makes, and how there are sometimes "inopportune intrusions" when someone enters a region and witnesses an impression being made doesn't live up to the impression the individual making the impression intended. In this very interesting chapter, the author also discusses how teams can use "high in-group solidarity" and basically stick together to make sure the performance goes off as planned when the boss comes by or strangers enter the region. But if one of the "performers" becomes too sympathetic with the audience, and hence discloses, "The consequences for them of the impression they are given," that breaks the team down and spoils the show for the performers.

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