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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I actually kind of like MacLean and I suspect it’s because I don’t regularly watch HNIC and the intermission segments. So my views are more based on nostalgia I suspect.
And I thought his bit here was OK. He seemed genuine but didn’t say much that was that memorable or well laid out. What could he have done differently? I wonder if he laid out some prepared comments for himself vs. stream of consciousness if it would have been better. Of course people would hate that too.
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Yeah, maybe that's fair. But I don't know: MacLean was clearly very emotional, and I think it's likely and entirely reasonable that his state of grief interferes with his capacity to say anything more than this, now.
What I liked about it was that it was real. He expressed genuine hurt and genuine bewilderment about what to do in an extremely difficult situation. I think you are right: something prepared would have been received very poorly. I, for one, would not have been all that impressed, because grief is the right thing to be expressed now. MacLean did that.