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{{a|otto|}}[[Jeremiah Nuncle]], often known simply as “the Nuncle”, is a character in {{otto}}’s opera {{br|Der Kampf um Talente}}: Nuncle is a former stand-up comedian now employed as [[chief of staff]] for [[Triago]], the hapless [[general counsel]] of [[Wickliffe Hampton]], an enormous American bank. He acts as [[Triago]]’s loyal and honest advocate, from which position he can point out the [[Triago]]’s faults, delusions and misapprehensions, as no one else can. Nuncle uses irony, sarcasm, and wit to deliver unpalatable truths to Triago, and also functions as a convenient — and, in {{Buchstein}}’s maladroit prose, characteristically ham-fisted — plot exposition device.
{{a|otto|}}[[Jeremiah Nuncle]], often known simply as “the Nuncle”, is a character in {{otto}}’s opera {{br|Talentdämmerung}}: Nuncle is a former stand-up comedian now employed as [[chief operating officer]] for [[Triago]], the hapless [[general counsel]] of [[Wickliffe Hampton]], an enormous American bank.  
 
Nuncle acts as [[Triago]]’s loyal and honest advocate, from which position he can point out the [[Triago]]’s faults, delusions and misapprehensions, as no one else can. Nuncle uses irony, sarcasm, and wit to deliver unpalatable truths to Triago, and also functions as a convenient — and, in {{Buchstein}}’s maladroit prose, characteristically ham-fisted — plot exposition device.
 
He is known, amount other things, for his repartee in [[Triago]]’s culminating “[[do more with less]]” aria.
 
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Jeremiah Nuncle, often known simply as “the Nuncle”, is a character in Otto Büchstein’s opera Talentdämmerung: Nuncle is a former stand-up comedian now employed as chief operating officer for Triago, the hapless general counsel of Wickliffe Hampton, an enormous American bank.

Nuncle acts as Triago’s loyal and honest advocate, from which position he can point out the Triago’s faults, delusions and misapprehensions, as no one else can. Nuncle uses irony, sarcasm, and wit to deliver unpalatable truths to Triago, and also functions as a convenient — and, in Büchstein’s maladroit prose, characteristically ham-fisted — plot exposition device.

He is known, amount other things, for his repartee in Triago’s culminating “do more with less” aria.

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