"I'm no Superman"

Doo-Wee-Do...

Heh.

I've been watching the first season of Scrubs courtesy of those guys at Netflix, and I'm really enjoying it so far. It's funny, well-written and, at times, quite touching.

The performances are particularly noteworthy, like that of John C. McGinley, who plays the Attending Physician, (I think) Dr. Cox. Watching his face is super fun, since when he is being sarcastic, (which is most of the time) it is filled with unusual stuff for animation geeks to look at.

His eyes are open wide, but the mouth is tense and pursed. The way in which the dialogue is enunciated is really off balance, too. He does lots of exaggerated head shakes, and emphasises his delivery by jutting out his chin. I guess it's kind of like baby talk in a way, just mean, over-the-top baby talk.
I also love seeing the moment he suddenly drops the act and everything softens into normality. It's quite brilliant.

It would be really cool to animate a character in such a way, since the personality is so unique... Let's have more of those in our films!