Hoax of the Hudsucker

After seeing most of the Coen brother's films I was shocked when I saw the Hudsucker Proxy. This film is...different. After hearing the discussion in class it is easy for me to say that this film was just the Coen brother's poking fun at Hollywood by venting their feelings through their craft. This interpretation makes complete sense. I see all the evidence in the film that points to making fun of Hollywood, especially the mail room idea. However, I cannot help but feel that this interpretation is a bit of a cop-out. 
This was their first studio production. Why would they treat it like a joke. They already got their fears of studio production out of the way in the content of Barton Fink. They knew how the game of Hollywood would need to be played. I think this was their perfect opportunity to create a film that true to their own nature and to appease Hollywood. They have done such since the release of the Proxy. If this really was their attempt at making a film in Hollywood then they did a horrible job, maybe this was their one dud of creativity. 
Honestly, to take studio money that many aspiring filmmakers would kill for and to make a joke of a film is a complete slap in the face to fellow artists. If they want to stick to their own quirky films with low budgets then they should have stuck to it rather than selling out, and then making a complete shit film. 
Who knows? This film might just be apart of their overall style gone wrong. Hopefully not. I could see some of their style leaking through. They had eccentric characters. This film was also highly stylized. I have noticed in some of their films there is always this one character who talks A LOT! In this instance it was the woman who was the reporter. She was quite annoying and should have been slapped in the face. I was honestly surprised at Tim Robbins.  However, Charles Durning and Paul Newman did an awesome job. 
I really don't know if I believe this film is a joke or not. I don't want to because my opinion of the Coen brothers would be affected. Part of me wants to believe that they just had a bad idea...but that would also affect my opinion of them. No matter what I do something is affected. Who knows? Maybe the Coen brothers are having a great big laugh right now because we are all giving this film/failure way too much thought. I think I will just erase this travesty from my mind.