this scene exemplifies perfectly the fundamental difference between asoaif and GOT. in the show they're mocking him, it's about pride and incompetence but the book is much more empathetic. he fails because he's overhwelmed by the grief of losing his father
Treating the Mad King play as a novelty with a couple of insights but not treating it as canon, I’ll wait to find out in Winds of Winter which will be out in 6 months.
any adaptation of The Odyssey that truly emulated Ancient Greek moral structures without reservation would be utterly unsympathetic and perturbing to modern audiences. the fact that people freaked out about the puppies being thrown off the cliff proves this.