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His versatility, and the luxury of being able able to choose scripts, led in 2001 to another great performance, in the offbeat comedy The Royal Tenenbaums, which drew rave reviews.

“When you have someone as talented as her, who’s really funny and really capable of being uniquely offbeat, it adds to what you can do for the character,” Brunson added.

He evoked an aging computer programmer with 100 pounds of muscle attached, and he seemed calmer than on the phone, endearingly offbeat.

During filming of the pilot, she was very specific about how she didn’t want the makeup artist to do the best possible job with her eyeliner, choosing an offbeat red color at that.

Echo Theater Company may not have made the cut this year, but it showed why it’s the most vital center for offbeat drama in Los Angeles.