He’s an absolute piece of shit and everything he does is horrible but I find it hard to hate him.
I think the show does an {excellent} job of making him look pathetic and pitiable, maybe there’s something to that overruling the digust I inevitably feel from everything he does or says. He’s definitely someone I never tire of joking about or referrring to as a short hand for senility and capitalism embodied, i dunno, I feel more sad for him. Like its lonely at the top and its worse if thats all you have.
Maybe sometimes I feel not so different from him (of course without all the money and the psychopathy lol)
He’s somehow less of a psychopath than any real life bourgeoisie. He’s given Homer his job back like 12 times, and apparently pays him enough to own a house and support a housewife and three kids.
Smithers, is that you?
He’s very sincere and open about his villiany.
Weirdly there’s a child-like innocence about him and Smithers being infatuated with him also helps to humanize him further.
Its weird with Smithers because heis his assistant and fixer but he seems so parentified in my mind. Like Mr. Burns liteeally depends on and clings to him emotionally like a helpless child
I think there are times in the show where the way in which burns acts causes me discomfort and dislike for his actions. Like when he reels in the ocean with the plastic net for the lil Lisa’s patented animal slurry.
I like that clip too because he doesn’t understand why it’s evil, he was trying to be good but it’s just in his nature to be diabolical. He’s just such a good caricature and at times punching bag for psychopathic billionaires
