TR Otto's comic presence reminds of C3PO from Star Wars

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Tue May 10 16:40:57 CDT 2011


edmoorester wrote:
> TR Otto's comic presence reminds of C3PO from Star Wars
> C3PO himself is an imitation human affecting an
> (in my opinion) accent that really pissed people off throughout
> the movies (a comic foil I suppose)

cowardice versus bravery,
self-aggrandizement versus heroic stoic
loguacious and weak versus strong and quiet
deferent versus commanding
going by a vast yet conflcting set of rules and expectations versus
doing the existentially right thing



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