Interesting. He was sensible but I don't see Malvolio as being insensible. Quite the contrary. Sensibility is Malvolio's god. That's why making him a fool is so pleasurable. I also don't see him as having to be an awful person. I see him as intolerably priggish and incensing to the rest of the household. And Fry was certainly all of that.
I'm finding your critique a paradox. It is precisely the fact that Malvolio isn't such an awful person that makes his self-delusion and downfall inspire compassion and the audience care when he exits.
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