For most of The Freshman's duration, a complex relationship is sustained between on-screen laughter and our own. We laugh at Harold at the same time as his tormentors, and our laughter is often occasioned by the same incidents, but we are in no danger of thinking ourselves parties to their cruelty... This is not only because we care more, but also because we see his calamities in the context of his ambition and inventiveness.
Luke Aspell
March 17, 2017