One thing I really like about the television show "House, MD"

[xiphias]

. . . is that there is now, on American television, a male character who is cranky, in chronic pain, unshaven, haggard, walks with a cane, and is considered sexy.

Okay, I'm not as tall as Hugh Laurie, and I'm significantly heavier, but, still -- that's me on a bad day. . .

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I think of him as the brainless twits in Blackadder III and Blackadder Goes Forth, and as Bertie Wooster. So seeing him as a cranky, brilliant doctor -- and with an American accent -- is rather jarring.

But he does drama well.

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

Yes, I actually really like the show. The only thing I don't like is that it's on opposite Scrubs, which not only has cranky doctors, but also zany humor. And as for the whole "House is Sexy" thing, it's pretty easy to be sexy when your character is a genius and a room full of people are writing your quips for you.