George Costanza
Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by admin in Characters
He has variously been described as a “short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man” (by Elaine Benes and Costanza himself), “Lord of the Idiots” (by Costanza himself), and as “the greatest sitcom character of all time”. He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, andElaine Benes. George is the son of Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) and Estelle Costanza (Estelle Harris).
Though he never made an appearance on the show, George has mentioned twice that he has a brother, but also often says he is an only child. Lloyd Braun was the other son his parents wanted. George’s best friend Jerry Seinfeld described Frank and Estelle as “psychopaths”, and said in “The Chinese Woman” that, if they had divorced when George was young, he “could have been normal”. George also describes himself as the result of his parents having stayed together.
George exhibits a number of negative character traits, among them stinginess, selfishness, dishonesty, insecurity, and neurosis. Many of these traits stem from a dysfunctional childhood with his squabbling parents Frank andEstelle, and often form the basis of his involvement in various plots, schemes, and awkward social encounters. Episode plots frequently feature George manufacturing elaborate deceptions at work or in his relationships in order to gain or maintain some small or imagined advantage. He had success in “The Opposite”, in which Jerry advises him to do the opposite of what his instincts tell him to do, which results in his getting a girlfriend and a job with the New York Yankees.
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