A good-humored, simple-minded man is a stock character used by storytellers for thousands of years in many different styles and settings. These characters are usually secondary or adjuncts to the main character, often as a sidekick or employee. Court Jesters are a typical example of such characters: jokesters who can speak truth to power through humor. They are usually depicted as naive and treated as ignorant or stupid, but they deliver critical insights into the story's structure.
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