I don’t think he’s positive or negative. He’s a twisted product of a diseased society. What struck chords with a lot of men was the recognition of the disease. They felt a connection to Tyler. Not in his response to his life, but just to his life.

Millions of men live Tyler’s life and endure. Tyler is the one that cracked.

In a lot of ways it’s similar to Office Space, except that take a comedic instead of psychological look at the subject.