I do think you're right about Craig. That is my firm belief too, that after a while he read the fans properly (and frankly I think he knew it all along but didn't want to rock the boat and disappoint his friend) and knew they were in deep trouble and that's why he fought for once in the editing room to try to edit out some of the more terrible parts of the episode (the ones they actually could edit around anyway).
But it's that very non-repentant attitude of CB's you describe and even more so submitting it for an Emmy that continues to boggle my mind. Because even if he did underestimate the full breadth of the backlash, he's seen it now. How can he still be clueless?
He can commission all the fake studies he wants to try to make himself look better, but he still knows that it's a fake study. He can quote the one or two articles that liked the episode, but he still knows there are thousands of others that raked it over the coals and had nothing but bad (and deserved) things to say about it. When every media (not fan-based) outlet is calling it the worst finale in TV history and the most decisive and that 80% of the public hated it, you can't possibly still believe that the "silent majority" doesn't feel that way.
It's stunning really, and I'm left with nothing else to think other than that the man is deranged. Certifiable. A serious mental illness and break with reality is the only way to explain this level of denial and refusal to see what's right in front of your face.
But it's that very non-repentant attitude of CB's you describe and even more so submitting it for an Emmy that continues to boggle my mind. Because even if he did underestimate the full breadth of the backlash, he's seen it now. How can he still be clueless?
He can commission all the fake studies he wants to try to make himself look better, but he still knows that it's a fake study. He can quote the one or two articles that liked the episode, but he still knows there are thousands of others that raked it over the coals and had nothing but bad (and deserved) things to say about it. When every media (not fan-based) outlet is calling it the worst finale in TV history and the most decisive and that 80% of the public hated it, you can't possibly still believe that the "silent majority" doesn't feel that way.
It's stunning really, and I'm left with nothing else to think other than that the man is deranged. Certifiable. A serious mental illness and break with reality is the only way to explain this level of denial and refusal to see what's right in front of your face.
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