My Duck Dynasty Post

I have never watched Duck Dynasty, and I don't agree with a lot of what this Phil Robertson guy apparently said. But I have gotten great amusement out of watching the rednecks, hillbillies, hicks, and rubes give the Coastal Elite a thorough butt-kicking.

I think A&E is going to show up in biz school case studies of how not to do things.

All they needed to do when he said what he did was, "That's his opinion – we view things differently." But instead they showed the standard cultural insensitivity of people who live in an echo chamber.

Here's a good article, mocking A&E's ineptitude from the viewpoint of their media peers. This is the part that summed up the basic stupidity that started everything – having the guy interviewed by (of all things) GQ:

“Who the hell let them talk to GQ in the first place?” one veteran wondered. “This is their biggest show. Are they going to get a bigger audience by talking to some snarky reporter from GQ? Where is the upside? There is none. Zero.” 

Chimed in another: “GQ is not a Duck Dynasty-friendly place, and [A&E] knew they had talent that talks and goes off the reservation. What the fuck you gonna get from GQ? It’s not going to get you a new audience. Then they left him alone with the reporter.” (A&E had a rep on site, but the reporter nonetheless managed to squeeze in some alone time with Phil, during which he cut loose, according to media reports). 

Robertson, on the other hand, is guilty only of consistent behavior. “He has not flinched. He’s very consistent in his opinion. He has gone off [A&E’s] script, but he’s perfectly on-script for him,” said one TV exec. “There was some sincerity to the show – unless it was all bullshit. Turns out, it wasn’t.”

What a bunch of ignorant schmucks. And the hilarious thing is that they think they're super-smart and the Duck Dynasty folks are a bunch of dumbbells. The next hilarious thing is that they still think so, I'm sure.