I'm going to call this a variation on option two (see my commentary from the last volley). Naz took Chris's story and slowed it down. Rather than following his lead lock-step and tacking on the next chapter, he's respun, put a brake on the speed, and grabbed control by steering the match in a new direction.
Which is a stronger conceptual response than it may seem. Consider that in the 15-minute pressure chamber, Naz paused and came up with the idea to embed Chris's gag in a fashion catalog. What was menacing became wholesome; John Deere in lieu of Freddie Krueger. And, he incorporated a dig, telling all those rural Ohio-ans they need to step up their fashion sense. Take that, Gambier!
Considering that Abercrombie & Fitch is based in Ohio, this is pretty smart. Chris's cargo shorts do look suspiciously artificially frayed.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Rosecrans Baldwin.
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