diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index 53305d6..5de0703 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -3242,10 +3242,7 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
 
         # TODO: play only first frame of preanim, figure out zooms
         scaling = getScaling(ini.read_ini(BASE_PATH + 'characters/' + self.mChatMessage[CHARNAME].lower() + '/char.ini', "options", "scaling").lower())
-        if self.mChatMessage[FLIP] == "1":
-            self.slideSpeaker.setFlipped(True)
-        else:
-            self.slideSpeaker.setFlipped(False)
+        self.slideSpeaker.setFlipped(self.mChatMessage[FLIP] == "1")
 
         self.slideSpeaker.playIdle(self.mChatMessage[CHARNAME], self.mChatMessage[ANIM], scaling)
         self.slideSpeaker.show()
@@ -3653,10 +3650,7 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.text.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignLeft)
 
         if not self.animIsEmpty:
-            if self.mChatMessage[FLIP] == "1":
-                self.char.setFlipped(True)
-            else:
-                self.char.setFlipped(False)
+            self.char.setFlipped(self.mChatMessage[FLIP] == "1")
 
         side = self.mChatMessage[SIDE]
         emoteMod = int(self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD])
@@ -3773,12 +3767,12 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.setBench(True, side)
             self.playPre(False)
         elif emoteMod == NOPRE or emoteMod == NOPRE_ZOOM:
-            if self.mChatMessage[NO_INTERRUPT] == "0":
+            if self.mChatMessage[NO_INTERRUPT] == "1":
+                self.playPre(True)
+            else:
                 if self.mChatMessage[SFX] not in ["0", "1"]:
                     self.playSfx()
                 self.handleChatMessage3()
-            else:
-                self.playPre(True)
 
     def playPre(self, nonInterrupting):
         fChar = self.mChatMessage[CHARNAME].lower()