It’s the kind of comedy that features a character who is behaving in earnest when many around him (and the audience) see him for what he is: an arsehole with delusions of grandeur who’s always acting inappropriately and disrespectfully. You cringe on behalf of the people stuck dealing with the character and sometimes in sympathy with the character himself. You cringe especially hard if the main character reminds you of someone you know or perhaps yourself.
