True Blood's "Barrage of Homosexuality"
Was the Philadelphia Eagles' Todd Herremans on to something?
After flashing his sarcastic rictus and grotesque sneer, moving to that decadent cackle, tongue-wagging slurp and grandiose frown, O'Hare then shows us a startling new face. His nostrils flare; his mouth flattens, his lower lip moistens in spittle, and the timbre of his voice drops into an animalistic rumble. He looks at the camera and growls at humanity: "We will eat you … after we eat your children."
True Blood has always been about suave, sexy vampires, but in this beastly switch, the mask drops. Exit Dracula, enter Nosferatu.
Correction, Aug. 16, 2010: This article originally confused the character of Andy Bellefleur with his cousin, Terry Bellefleur. (Return to the corrected sentence.)
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Jason Zinoman writes about theater for the New York Times. He is the author of Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.