What is considered eccentric depends on each culture.
If one intends to trace the origin of the concept of eccentric and investigate its fields of application, one will discover, for example, that it is an adjective that allows one to name a subject who has a rare or extravagant character or personality .
This exposes the idea that there is behavior that is considered normal and that, with some variations, is shared by the members of a society .
The eccentric according to culture
What is eccentric changes depending on the culture . For example: if a man who lives in Chile goes out wearing a skirt, he will be classified as eccentric. On the other hand, a man can wear such a garment in Scotland without that clothing attracting attention.
This means that the same behavior may be eccentric for certain sectors or social groups but normal in another community . Members of various aboriginal ethnic groups often paint their faces and live almost naked. In any Western city, on the other hand, a person who walks around with their face painted in an unconventional way or who barely wears a loincloth will be considered eccentric (this custom is not part of the most common customs).
Eccentricity can also be applied to the field of gastronomy. Certain traditional foods of a nation will be eccentric beyond its limits. Mate, a very popular infusion in Argentina and Uruguay, is something strange for Europeans, who even confuse the herb with some type of drug.
Throughout his career, Johnny Depp has played numerous eccentric characters.
The concept in cinema
In cinema there are several directors who are known for their extravagant style ; some of them are Wes Anderson , Quentin Tarantino and Tim Burton . All of them are characterized by having led a different life from that of any "normal" person, which is reflected in their creations.
In Burton 's case, he is passionate about dark works with Gothic overtones. In addition to being a director, he is a screenwriter and illustrator, and in all his films he works not only in direction, but also in design.
Eccentric characters played by Johnny Depp
Among internationally famous actors, surely one of the male names that we could most associate with this type of cinema is Johnny Depp , the main protagonist of most of Tim Burton 's films .
Among the performances that Depp has starred in are that of a man whose hands end in two large pruning shears ( "The Scissorhands Man" ), who is discovered in a forgotten mansion and rescued from his silence to live in society. There the young man tries to demonstrate that everyone can accept the things that happen to them and still achieve a certain degree of happiness.
In addition, he has been the protagonist of the film "Dark Shadows" . His role is that of Barnabas Collins , a vampire who awakens after hundreds of years and tries to recover his family's fortune, illegally confiscated by an ancient witch who was once a maid for the Collins family, who is also responsible for the death of Barnabas ' girlfriend and his subsequent transformation.
Like these, all the roles that Depp starred in in Tim Burton 's films have similar characteristics: dispossessed, lost men, who cannot relate normally with others, who feel misunderstood and who, in most cases, dress and have physical characteristics that separate them even further from the rest of mortals.
The term in mechanics and geometry
For mechanics , on the other hand, an eccentric element is one that can rotate around a point that does not constitute its center . This characteristic converts continuous circular movement into alternative rectilinear movement.
In geometry , the eccentric is everything that is outside the center or has a center different from the one observed.