A worthy nominee: an unrepentant narcissist who beclowns his office. He's an attention whore, sure, and he'd rather spout off than do any actual work. But there are also important differences:
* he doesn't turn on his friends (they turn on him, eventually)
* he doesn't do any actual harm to the body politic
Falstaff is comic relief; we're in that hellscape where the clowning just isn't funny because it's actually killing people. (So? We're all going to die, right?)
Falstaff?
A worthy nominee: an unrepentant narcissist who beclowns his office. He's an attention whore, sure, and he'd rather spout off than do any actual work. But there are also important differences:
* he doesn't turn on his friends (they turn on him, eventually)
* he doesn't do any actual harm to the body politic
Falstaff is comic relief; we're in that hellscape where the clowning just isn't funny because it's actually killing people. (So? We're all going to die, right?)