>>98885755>He was a suited mob boss type that was neither insane or a freak outside of just being a short fat guy with a large nose.Again, Penguin might not be insane, but he is, has always been, and always will be, a freak. By definition.
It's a cornerstone of his character and the fact that he is a freakish man who nevertheless wants to be loved and wants to live in high society is part of what fuels him.
One of Penguin's key character traits, the perpetual divide between what he is and what he wants to be, is built on him being a freak and it was the defining character trait he had in the movie.
>>98886004The only problem with the Returns backstory is that he could have had his actual comics backstory just fine and it still would have fit his portrayal in the movie, and no one would complain.
The class subtext which governs his entire way of thinking. Presenting gross and inappropriate behavior in social events because he has no idea what high class actually is. Building schemes around hijacking weaponry or letting others take the blame. The relationship between his character and Bruce Wayne's. Him being an embodiment of Gotham's identity and his fights with Batman being a power struggle for such.
A lot of what made Oswald Cobblepot a great character was either present in the movie or was partially originated by it, even if a lot of it diverged from the source material.
But no one seems to give a shit because he acts gross and has a backstory that resembles Killer Croc's (as if Croc was the only character to ever be raised in the circus)
