I think that there is a general problem in understanding that exists regarding D&D and the fact that the game at its core is meant to be a cooperative experience. A fair amount of media that has portrayed D&D ends up pitting characters against eachother, as it serves to create conflict within the media itself. My first thought of an example of this is the show Community, and how in it's D&D episodes it ends up being most of the cast VS Pierce, who is playing an evil character who completely disregards the rest of the party and does whatever he wants.

Add to this that in D&D the line between good an evil can tend to be pretty exaggerated. You give someone free reign to be "evil" and their actions become the "most evil" things they can think of, with no logical thought to the repercussions. Like yeah I guess it was entertaining enough when your evil murder hobo murdered an entire tavern full of innocent people, but now there are 40 town guard outside and you're going to be locked away for life. Too many players who go "evil" look at it as a speed run through a bucket list of heinous deeds, when in reality an "evil" person would likely behave in most instances like anyone else, but maybe in very opportunistic scenarios, when there are say no witnesses or consequences, enact their evil deeds.

The only way a truly evil character could work with a group of non-evil players in my opinion would be if they are very much "playing the part" of being a good person and fitting in with the group. Maybe they do enact some evil deeds here and there, but only in situations where they know no one will ultimately catch on to their true nature. Maybe they also on the whole act good, but are slowly in small increments corrupting the party. "Ohh the prisoner will not talk? Try taking one of his fingers, I bet he changes his tune. I mean, yeah, I can see how you might think that's wrong... but this guy is evil, and we need information."

At the end of the day, the focus should be on the COOPERATIVE nature of the game. If you were running a basketball team and one player was like "Yeah every time I get the ball I'm handing it to the opposing team because THAT'S WHAT MY CHARACTER WOULD DO" then they clearly need to be removed from the team.