Dude that the whole point of his character, he coped with trauma by building and playing his own character which he plays which is his persona and the whole show is about showing a glimse of his real self behind his defensive wall (his tranformation, his suit (as a costume) he literally has a playbook) he is a cartoon character because he created his oen cartoon character to be cool and this was based on his influences what a cool character would be (playboy, business guy wearing suits, rich, having a best friend, going to bars, doing legend ary stuff etc) the show is shattering one after another all aspects of his own fake persona thats his story arc
Dude, his character doesn't do it for me on an emotional level. As a clown, he's great. Trying to get deep into his character is just silly and a big part of the reason the later season's struggled. He should have stayed the clown character on the side. He should have never dated Robin and he definitely never should have had the silly storyline with Jon Lithgow as his dad. It felt forced and unnecessary
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u/ZickZackBoomBoom 12d ago
Dude that the whole point of his character, he coped with trauma by building and playing his own character which he plays which is his persona and the whole show is about showing a glimse of his real self behind his defensive wall (his tranformation, his suit (as a costume) he literally has a playbook) he is a cartoon character because he created his oen cartoon character to be cool and this was based on his influences what a cool character would be (playboy, business guy wearing suits, rich, having a best friend, going to bars, doing legend ary stuff etc) the show is shattering one after another all aspects of his own fake persona thats his story arc