You know, reading the classroom sequence and the definitions of evil made me think of something else to add to the discussion, if possible. This could come up in another sequence. In fact it would be better if it did.
One of Doug's defining characteristics is that he is a clown in the sense of "a Warrior who fights Gloom". I could see him making a self deprecating joke or even something bordering on a pratfall to relieve tension or to open up a class - in order to set up the following point -
Another defining element of Evil - true Evil - is that it cannot laugh at itself. The only humor it knows comes at the expense of others.
Good people can enjoy a laugh at their own expense, they can even specifically make jokes about their own weaknesses. True evil admits no weaknesses, so cannot abide jokes about itself.
Ah - good example - excellent example, in fact - would be the climactic sequence in the movie "Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker", when Batman/Terry outjokes the Joker. The Joker has plenty of fun at others expense, but cannot take a joke at himself, and completely loses his cool when Terry turns the tables on him.
If an otherwise evil creature is capable of even a little bit of self-deprecating humor, it could be taken as a sign that it is not totally irredeemable.
-Logan
One of Doug's defining characteristics is that he is a clown in the sense of "a Warrior who fights Gloom". I could see him making a self deprecating joke or even something bordering on a pratfall to relieve tension or to open up a class - in order to set up the following point -
Another defining element of Evil - true Evil - is that it cannot laugh at itself. The only humor it knows comes at the expense of others.
Good people can enjoy a laugh at their own expense, they can even specifically make jokes about their own weaknesses. True evil admits no weaknesses, so cannot abide jokes about itself.
Ah - good example - excellent example, in fact - would be the climactic sequence in the movie "Batman Beyond - Return of the Joker", when Batman/Terry outjokes the Joker. The Joker has plenty of fun at others expense, but cannot take a joke at himself, and completely loses his cool when Terry turns the tables on him.
If an otherwise evil creature is capable of even a little bit of self-deprecating humor, it could be taken as a sign that it is not totally irredeemable.
-Logan