The Destructive Character

The Destructive Character
The eternal return of culture's alienated oddball white guy
By Niela Orr
The Baffler

'…like many ballyhooed “last gasps” prophesied after the 2016 election, the trend has yet to really conclude. In fact, the weirdo white antihero is becoming more and more observable as a distinct character outside of pop culture and in our national conversations; you might argue that the curiously odd ineptitude of this alienated character is a fictional precursor to the isolated and aggressively loserish national figures we find ourselves beholden to in the daily news.'