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I'm confused.
I'm confused.
Its cause cal thinks you're an idiot.
That's about the best thing I've read all day.I'm a little confused by A&E's position on this. They hired a religious redneck that makes duck calls to do a TV show about religious rednecks that make duck calls, and are upset that they got a religious redneck that makes duck calls?
Having read a little more about Duck Dynasty and it's history, I've reached a tentative conclusion about this mess. It's actually a way for A&E to save face and appease their shareholders.
The show backfired on A&E in a big way. They intended to have a reality show featuring a bunch of inbred backwoods clowns running around making fools of themselves, for the coveted "18-39 y/o" demographic to tune in to each week and laugh at. What they got was a show featuring a traditional family, led by a strong male figure, with highly traditional, strong mainstream conservative christian beliefs. Instead of a small share of the coveted demographic pie they were looking for, they got droves of normal people from every group,(including that coveted "young people" demographic) Problem was, nobody was laughing.
This wasn't the message A&E was trying to send, but there was no way to cancel the show due to the stratospheric ratings. As a public company, canceling that cash cow (cash duck?) would tank their stock, and get a LOT of people fired. So what to do?
Somebody realized that the views held by this happy group are way outside the "left-coast norm". It wouldn't surprise me if somebody from A&E called the people at GLADD, pointed out the GQ article, and asked them to start some kind of protest. This gave the execs at A&E the cover to "fire" the dad, betting that the rest of the family would walk, which they apparently have.
Now they don't have to cancel the show. It's just gone. Problem solved.
Having read a little more about Duck Dynasty and it's history, I've reached a tentative conclusion about this mess. It's actually a way for A&E to save face and appease their shareholders.
The show backfired on A&E in a big way. They intended to have a reality show featuring a bunch of inbred backwoods clowns running around making fools of themselves, for the coveted "18-39 y/o" demographic to tune in to each week and laugh at. What they got was a show featuring a traditional family, led by a strong male figure, with highly traditional, strong mainstream conservative christian beliefs. Instead of a small share of the coveted demographic pie they were looking for, they got droves of normal people from every group,(including that coveted "young people" demographic) Problem was, nobody was laughing.
This wasn't the message A&E was trying to send, but there was no way to cancel the show due to the stratospheric ratings. As a public company, canceling that cash cow (cash duck?) would tank their stock, and get a LOT of people fired. So what to do?
Somebody realized that the views held by this happy group are way outside the "left-coast norm". It wouldn't surprise me if somebody from A&E called the people at GLADD, pointed out the GQ article, and asked them to start some kind of protest. This gave the execs at A&E the cover to "fire" the dad, betting that the rest of the family would walk, which they apparently have.
Now they don't have to cancel the show. It's just gone. Problem solved.
Your conspiracy theory gives A&E way too much credit. They control the show. They can edit it in a way to make him look like an idiot. They can cut out religion if they chose to. The editor of the show has complete control of how everyone is portrayed.
I think this it's just simply a company stuck between 2 views not wanting to offend either.
The group that should be upset are the conservative Christians. Phil's comments are not going to help the people that need religion in their lives find it. Rather it will just push them further away.
knowing a thing or two about television production, I can tell you that is not really true. there are too many people involved.Your conspiracy theory gives A&E way too much credit. They control the show. They can edit it in a way to make him look like an idiot. They can cut out religion if they chose to. The editor of the show has complete control of how everyone is portrayed.