Samsung snafu at CES causes Michael Bay meltdown Hollywood auteur Michael Bay experienced something of a meltdown at CES this year after being hired to pitch for Samsung's 105-inch ultra-high definition curved TV. Samsung USA president Tim Baxter introduced Bay onto the stage for the company's CES press conference, where the filmmaker was supposed to wax lyrical about the …
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He doesn't really seem to be comfortable in front of the camera. You can argue that he is (has become) incompetent behind it, but it seems the limelight is only his cup of tea if it's nice and scripted.
One could've hoped he would be stellar - winging it to marvellous degrees, earning Samsung billions instantly! With his new infomercial job he'd be too busy to direct movies... right?
He should maybe stick to making movies.
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Here's another, this time for the third one. Or maybe it's the second one. There's not much difference.
Not as painful as finding oneself in a similar position when nerves take hold. I expect there are a lot of people who know and understand exactly what he went through, and wish they didn't.
Everyone thinks public speaking is easy, and for some it is, but one only finds out when put to the test. He's not the first to think he could but found he couldn't. I reckon he actually handled it pretty well. He had enough composure to get out before things got really bad and better to cut and run than turn into a gibbering, incoherent wreck, a real and full 'meltdown'.
I don't think he's really going to suffer as a result and Samsung have had plenty of headline publicity indirectly so they can probably mark it up as success.
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