From the opening prologue introducing the concept of America’s true origins, American Gods unapologetically gives viewers the ultimatum of “Pay very close attention or fall behind with the foolish mortals.”
(Do people really do that?)
And even though Fuller and Green are closer to and more familiar with the material than anyone else, they can still objectively see how certain sections of the TV demographics would change the channel out of confused frustration.
Simple addition is harder to understand than Bryan Fuller and Michael Green’s innate concern that general audiences might be overwhelmed with this weblike tale of vengeful elder gods, deadly checkers games, dream forests, and alcohol-infused coin tricks.