Should we revive the genre of "character" writing?--e.g., "The Character of a Trump Defender"

I have been thinking about the genre of character writing, which I studied and imitated in a correspondence course from the University of Oklahoma in 1953 while I was agent-telegrapher of the Kansas City Southern Railroad in Singer, Louisiana.  A definition:

A brief descriptive sketch of a class or type of person (such as a city slicker, a country bumpkin, or a grumpy old man) rather than of an individual personality.

Character-writing became a popular literary form in England following the publication in 1592 of a Latin translation of Theophrastus, an ancient Greek writer of similar sketches. Characters eventually became more individualized and were integrated with the essay and the novel.

No one back in Deep Denial should attempt this, but it would be useful to have a sharp essay on the Character of a Trump Defender (such as Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, or Devin Nunes). With an essay to cite, no one would have to listen to Jordan, Gowdy, or Nunes.