{"id":3273,"date":"2006-08-11T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=3273"},"modified":"2014-03-13T05:20:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T10:20:38","slug":"ask-dr-creepy-movie-stars-as-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/11\/ask-dr-creepy-movie-stars-as-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Dr. Creepy: Movie Stars As Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/ton1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Creepy\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" width=\"100\"><br \/>\n<b><i>Dear Doctor Creepy,<\/i><\/b><i><br \/>\nI&#8217;m trying to find creepy actors whose mannerisms&#8211;and creepy characters&#8211;I can use as inspiration for emulation in every day life.  I like <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0001570\/\" target=\"_new\">Edward Norton<\/a> and really like <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0000417\/\" target=\"_new\">Crispin Glover<\/a>, especially for his role in <\/i>Williard<i>.  If I choose one to imitate for maximum creepiness, who should it be?<\/p>\n<p>Signed,<br \/>\nCreeping 2 Creepy<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Dear Creeping to Creepy,<\/b><br \/>\nFor starters, you poser, do <i>not<\/i> use numbers for words; there is nothing creepy about Prince-hop.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, you&#8217;ve presented Dr. Creepy with a false dilemma in choosing between Norton and Glover.  Both have their finer points as creepy character actors, but ultimately their other work will overshadow their best roles.<\/p>\n<p>And although some might suspect that I favor <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0479951\/\" target=\"_new\">Ronald Lacey<\/a>, whereas I do hold the immortal Toht close to heart at all times, if I could have all junior weirdos out their emulate one frightening modern character actor, I would recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm0446314\/\" target=\"_new\">David Patrick Kelly<\/a>.  The short, high-pitched actor commands attention and makes skin crawl in any motion picture in which he appears, from his role as Doyle in <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0116830\/\" target=\"_new\"><i>Last Man Standing<\/i><\/a> to  T-Bird in <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0109506\/\" target=\"_new\"><i>The Crow<\/i><\/a>.  Certainly, although Sam the Sleazeball appeared to reform in <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0098987\/\" target=\"_new\"><i>The Adventures of Ford Fairlane<\/i><\/a>, did you really believe that the flower-toting, woman-defending fisticuffs were genuine and bound to last?  I couldn&#8217;t.  And his <i>pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance<\/i> remains the too-brief role of Sully in <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0088944\/\" target=\"_new\"><i>Commando<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Working his nonhandsomeness together with his diminutive height and high pitched voice (which sounds lispy, even when it&#8217;s not), Kelley combines pathetic with the fear that violence might erupt at any moment.  My friends, that&#8217;s the essence of creepy, and no one has it like David Patrick Kelley.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nDr. Creepy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Doctor Creepy, I&#8217;m trying to find creepy actors whose mannerisms&#8211;and creepy characters&#8211;I can use as inspiration for emulation in every day life. I like Edward Norton and really like Crispin Glover, especially for his role in Williard. If I choose one to imitate for maximum creepiness, who should it be? Signed, Creeping 2 Creepy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13343,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/13343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}