老李（《离婚》） / Lao Li
老李 is the central figure in 《离婚》 as read by 02.离婚：郭德纲都不如老舍有意思. The episode presents him as a half-awake intellectual who wants romance, ideals, and a real life, yet cannot easily turn disgust into protection, confrontation, or departure.
His weakness remains morally complicated. He fails 李太太 during the dinner humiliation and projects poetry onto 马少奶奶, but he also helps 张大哥 when others avoid him and finally leaves Beiping with wife, children, and 丁二. The source therefore treats him as a case for Ordinary Escape Courage: not a clean hero, but an ordinary person who manages one costly move.
Connections
- 《离婚》 and 老舍 - novel and author.
- 李太太（《离婚》） / Mrs. Li, 马少奶奶（《离婚》） / Ma Shaonainai, 张大哥（《离婚》） / Zhang Dage, 小赵（《离婚》） / Xiao Zhao, and 丁二（《离婚》） / Ding Er - main relational pressure points.
- Romantic Projection Trap - his tendency to turn another woman and another life into a symbol.
- Decent Life As Control and Beiping Office World - social conditions that make his disgust hard to act on.
- Ordinary Escape Courage and Action Defines Identity - concepts for reading the final departure.