[Women’s History Month, Day 14]
Today’s highlighted actress had the sometimes thankless job of being the moral center and “straight man” on a sitcom: Judy Reyes on Scrubs.
Scrubs is a show dear to my heart for its combination of silliness and genuine emotional moments, but the balance would never have worked without Judy Reyes as Carla. She often provided the heart on the show without ever delving into saccharine sentimentality. (She also had great chemistry with Donald Faison, making Turk and Carla one of my all-time favorite fictional couples.) John C. McGinley once said that Reyes was the best actor on their show, and I think he’s right.
The following clip is a great dramatic moment from Scrubs, where Carla defends herself against JD’s patronizing attitude. It’s so emotional and angry and dignified, and she pulls out all the stops. She wasn’t given the opportunity to be as funny as most of the other Scrubs cast, but she always felt like a real person to me, closer to a real human being than any other character on the show.
And when she did get the chance to be funny, she excelled at that, too:
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Agreed. Carla was always my favourite chracter from Scrubs.
Carla was never my favourite character, there isn’t anything wrong with her and she has some great moments, Scrubs just happened to have a small list of characters that I loved more. I think I’ve mentioned before that certain character types tend to grab my focus over others.
Take Once Upon a time for example, full of great female characters with a lot going for them, my favourite character? Rumplestiltskin. Going back to Scrubs even if I weren’t so fond of J.D, the Janitor and Dr. Kelso (in the later seasons) my favourite will always be Dr. Cox because he is pure awesome, and when it come to my personal taste regarding character no character, whoever they are will ever be able to offer something more interesting and/or appreciated than pure awesome.