Why would Sue Scheff care if Paula Reeves is featured in the longer version of the Tranquility Bay Documentary? Isn't the purpose of having the Documentary released to be about saving children from abusive programs?
One would hope so. However, if your dealing with a narcissist, you are dealing with a person who can not tolerate any form of criticism. They can not abide even well intended constructive criticism. The tiniest suggestion that they are not perfect, and that everything they do is not equally perfect, is going to deflate their ego; and that is not tolerable to a narcissist.
This is why they keep people around them who will tell them how great they are. They must be surrounded with "yes men". This is why they can turn so quickly from a friend to a foe. If you happen to prick their inflated ego, causing it to deflate, you must be destroyed.
They are like big bright balloons; superficially attractive, charming, intelligent, successful - but inside they are hollow and filled with hot air. They are swollen up with self importance, and inflated with notions of their intelligence, success and sex appeal all out of proportion to reality. The slightest pin-prick can cause this illusion to explode; and any suggestion that they are not superior to others and wonderful in every way, causes them to feel a kind of rage and despair.
The one guilty of causing this will not easily be forgiven. They may in fact set about destroying them, and feel wholly justified in doing so, because in their mind, the offending person has tried to destroy them by having popped the balloon of their massively inflated ego.
I suspect the French documentary on the behavior modification industry, failed to sufficiently pump up the the lady's ego, and instead pricked it with little bits of criticism that deflated her grandiose notions of how wonderful she is, and so therefore it had to be squashed.
It is pitiful. Imagine living life unable to benefit from constructive criticism and advice. Imagine having nothing in life more important than your own inflated ego. Imagine the frustration of trying to keep this grandiose notion of superiorness afloat, in a world that keeps pricking it with reality. Imagine not being able to laugh at ones own foolishness; or being unable to learn from the mistakes you make; because perfect people don't make mistakes, they can't learn from them.
So, some measure of pity is called for, but not at the expense of truth. If the narcissist finds the truth unbearable, maybe they will seek help, and there-by become less of a problem in the lives of those around them.
