One of George's many canny traits that Barbra Morris reveals as what attributed to his "heroism" is his undying manipulative characteristic. Throughout the journal we discover that this becomes George's main quality as he struggles to survive in a world where honest business/ work ethics are almost non existent, hence portraying George as your modern, funny, yet not so attractive hero. Lying, cheating becomes a natural quality and yet the main reason why Jason Alexander's role is much loved by the audience is not only because of the clumsy, uninmaginable cock-ups he winds himself in, but "who" George represents in society that he is much adored amongst the television audience. The "who" are the very same people that work their hardest trying to put in their best into the work making an honest living, unfortunately in George's world this isn't the case as he is surrounded by pompous, power hungry business men, so whatever it takes to climb up the chain of command George will try and accomplish it- for his benefit.
This is particularly evident in "THE PITCH" where upon confronting the panel of producers of NBC in contrast to Seinfelds cautious, strategic approach to "pitching" their idea about a "show about nothing" George's bold, over-dramatic tactic to convince the panel that their idea is guranteed a success is a good indicator of how manipulative yet at the same time a heroic trickster comic.
Similar characters that comes into mind would be the twin sisters in "DOUBLE TROUBLE" where even though they were alike they differed greatly in personality, which added to the humour as deceit and mischief would be the main ammo the sisters used.
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