Please enjoy this video taxonomy of Jack Nicholson freaking the fuck out

The key is in the physicality of his performances: the flailing and clapping hands, off-kilter smiles, stamping feet, the way he lunges or menacingly leans. These “weird contortions and spasms,” as Nerdwriter calls them, are specific to each type of anger, and more importantly to what lies beneath them. Anger, after all, is never a pure, unmotivated action, but instead the manifestation of other insecurities, fears, and pressures. This creates a sort of texture to each anger that Nicholson is a master at expressing.

Nerdwriter analyzes a lot of Nicholson’s most iconic moments from movies like The Shining, A Few Good Men, and Batman, but somehow leaves Wolf off.

Perhaps we can pick apart that performance in a later video.