Walt Disneys Goofy - the archetype of 'the dude'

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: Walt Disneys Goofy - the archetype of 'the dude' : That British Serious Style actor; Hugh Grant looks most of all actors I know like a 'goofy' guy. Basil from Faulty Towers is the ultimate Goofy, but fictional. We could hypothesize that his goofy behavior is caused by feelings of inferiority which create lack of self-confidence in dealing with practical daily jobs which the goofy person has not done before: sometimes they panick in these situations in which sudden improvisation is needed and they can't use previous experience to do the job. Tto compensate for this they stay too often in the same job/environment so that their feelings of inferiority ultimately lead to high efficiency and effectiveness: they perfect routines in a limited range of tasks. When their partner asks them to put together a d-i-y chest she/he bought they can panick: unexpected/new situation!! Only yesterday I had a candidate for a job at our office who looked goofy; he had a very poor self-presentation and during the talks he seemned to disqualify himself. He saw the dark/problematic side of everything. He also under-valued himself; was clever, had good experience and certificates but wanted to get a job below that level. The opposite also happens: because of a need to prove themselves they get too ambitious and want to do too much, too soon, to agressively. The backlash of failure is of course wanting a job beneath their true level. : My Big Five Matrix dictionary shows the word 'Goofy' in the (VI-, I-) niche; in a cluster with words like 'melancholic', 'suicidal', 'fearful', 'low self-valuation'; i.e. strong associations with the serious/depressive style of character. : : Text by Dave Kelly: : I suspect that Goofy is an alter-ego of Walt Disney : (Serious type), though I can't think of any : characterlogical evidence to support it. Now that I : think of it, Abe Lincoln had a goofy side to him. : Couldn't it be a manifestation of depressive : self-depreciation. In that case he could be any of the : depressive types. : Comments anyone? : Jan

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