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Post by hamstermoon Hiya. I'm a bodylanguage watcher and enjoy these sort of discussions ...
Understand totally what you say about Mr Caruso's bodylanguage. The hands on hips and glasses-play may be annoying (I have this theory about this = actor who needs to do something with his hands - in pockets, holding something etc) but some of what he does is inspired.
Some stuff has been carried over from NYPD Blue (he has this mouth tic which is used a little in H) he also has a certain pattern for crying - filling up but not letting tears fall - which has carried over from then too.
I enjoyed in S1/2 watching for the neck problem (as if he has a stiff neck and is turning it to loosen it) whenever he got stressed.
What I am enjoying in S4 (when I get to see it - not often) is watching the language change whenever we see the new angsting (over Jennifer, previous sins etc). He's doing a fantastic job showing the the maryrdom of St H. I've noticed a new tic come up too - tapping his finger on his glasses as he holds them - this season which I've not seen before.
That aside I'm also the one who keeps popping up on this discussion board to point out Mr Caruso suffers from Strabismus - in fact a hypotropic esotropic squint.
This is the reason he ducks his head - he can't look straight at you and not get double vision without doing so. If he put his reading glasses on he would be able to (and yes he does have them, I've seen a pic somewhere) but H doesn't have them so you get a lovely view of his R eye sliding in and down (hence Esotropic and Hypotropic) when he does. In the S1/2 opening titles there is a lovely shot of him looking at wires in Losing Face and its so clear is funny.
If you do have a squint the eye which moves of its own accord (I'm also a sufferer so I can sympathise!) loses the power of sight. This means that H uses his left eye to look a things - check out how he looks at the camera in Dead Woman Walking. He is also right handed but has to do something somewhat strange to get a good view along his gun. You should check that out too.
He has the type of squint which is attatched to people with Hyperopoa (needing reading glasses) so it only turns up when he's looking at something close up. Along with the head bobbing he also drops his head to one side (that helps reduce the squint - it works, I've tried it on occasion even if my parents always tried to make me look at people straight on!). What I do think however is that he's not in the lab much now because working close up must have been absolute hell for Caruso. I think I read somewhere he didn't like that stuff and I'm sure I know why now.
I could also go on about his bad back (problems in two areas) which seem to have cropped up since NYPD too and the use of that poor stunt man who does EVERYTHING for Caruso and has one heck of a dodgy wig and is very visible.
Must shut up now!
wibble it`s nice to 'read' thisYes, Horatio is starting to have that effect on me already
What amazes me most about him and his gun is, that he's right-handed, but left-eyed :lol: (and don't mention his voice...