Not all main characters in fiction are meant to be likable

I hear the complaint the character/characters aren’t likable a lot but sometimes you make a protagonist that isn’t likable for various points. Take the musical Parade. Leo Frank isn’t a piller or moral character or the standard likable musical main character because he was a 19 century factory manager and also its point is you shouldn’t have to be a perfect angel of a person to not deserved to get lynched.

Like sometimes like the protagonist of Tellowface which is a satire of the book publishing industry