The “it’s just a joke brah” defense? Frank mostly hit garbage cans. He could have hit anything, or even any kind of cyclist, but was a choice to invoke the hated MAMIL because the audience is supposed to feel schadenfreude and righteousness, not horror or sympathy. Jokes demand a punch line like crime mysteries demand a criminal; this could be seen similar to how the criminal was always a black man talking jive in the 70s. Doesn’t matter that it’s a joke.
The “it’s just a joke brah” defense? Frank mostly hit garbage cans. He could have hit anything, or even any kind of cyclist, but was a choice to invoke the hated MAMIL because the audience is supposed to feel schadenfreude and righteousness, not horror or sympathy. Jokes demand a punch line like crime mysteries demand a criminal; this could be seen similar to how the criminal was always a black man talking jive in the 70s. Doesn’t matter that it’s a joke.