Chang permits Mike’s confrontation with Jeff during the Spanish final.

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Ben Chang

I'll allow it.

— Community ‧ 2009

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Authority can be funniest when it solemnly authorises something it ought to question. Chang makes an exception with the confidence of a settled rule.

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In Comparative Religion, bully Mike bursts into Chang’s Spanish final to fight Jeff. Jeff asks Chang to intervene, but Chang permits the confrontation instead. His short verdict treats an absurd classroom intrusion as something he can simply authorise.

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