Minstrel shows lampooned black people as dim-witted, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, and happy-go-lucky. Using insiders, they have Dragon fired and replaced with a more buffoonish superpowered hero, She-Dragon. While his narcissism fuels his delusions of grandeur, Ted's onscreen performance is buffoonish. Simone is drawn from Pantaloon, while the poverty-stricken Betto recalls the buffoonish valet Zanni. The members of Kiss themselves despised the film for making them appear buffoonish. Poirot is given buffoonish characteristics, while still remaining a brilliant detective. They existed merely as buffoonish supporting characters. Bruce typically played buffoonish, fuzzy-minded gentlemen. Ciccio is unable to extract information from the buffoonish fisherman for the atomic bomb's location. Clyde, whom Naomi rejects, is also dark and speaks in a buffoonish country accent. His many names reflect his buffoonish nature, and call attention to his positive traits. In 2018, Mercer appeared in the Mike Leigh film, "Peterloo", playing the "buffoonish" Dr Healey.