20 of the Biggest Dirtbags in Sitcom History
TV is full of scumbags — and not just on the news. That tends to confuse people who believe fictional characters must be good and likable, otherwise it sends a bad message, but storytelling has to be more nuanced than that. It’s not only hilarious to watch a comically terrible person, it actually underscores just how terrible they are. Nobody comes away from an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia thinking, “These are great people I wish to emulate.”
On the other hand, if a character is portrayed as a person the viewer is supposed to like, it’s bad if they’re terrible. How many people who grew up watching Friends adopted a persistent habit of relentlessly mocking their peers because that’s how those goblins bonded? That show left a trail of hurt feelings and bad haircuts in its wake.
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As a result, one Reddit user asked r/AskReddit, “Which sitcom character was the worst human being EVER?”