In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man.

Allegedly there was a “dead weeping waitress” haunting the first place I chefed at. Never saw her either, funnily enough.

Secondly, Mr. Browne concludes, apparently rather gratuitously, on page 441 as follows […]

O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!