The first person omniscient is not a postmodern fad or indeed a symptom of a qualitatively new kind of cultural megalomania (however tempting it is to make such an argument).

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First, it’s easier to be funny with third person omniscient. It opens up all sorts of possibilities for juxtaposing what a character believes is going on, and what we “know” is going on.