Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

I've been a lazy fan of Whedon's work through Buffy, Angel, and Firefly, and I have been disappointed by Dollhouse, but this show reaffirmed (I'm blaming Fox re:Dollhouse). I didn't realize this was a Whedon-related project though, nor that Neil, Nathan, Felicia were in it (I manage to stay out of the loop quite nicely). Funny enough, despite seeing references to the thing for weeks, it was the Emmy's that got me over the hump.Anyway, I wouldn't dare try to read a moral from this, although I have no doubt anybody fluent in tvtropes can disassemble the show in minutes after credits roll, and the component tropes I have been able to pick out have been used to communicate morals and messages before. I would agree that anyone trying to read a moral from this should be at least politely giggled at behind their back, but it's a decent exercise for trope n00bs and media novices to at least try and pick apart the recognizable elements that together make up this bit-o-goodness.Three main possibilities (not totally mutually exclusive); the production team:
1) didn't really think about what they were doing and just put this extremely unHORRIBLE project together by chance,
2) thought specifically about what product they wanted to get at the end, even the specific level of camp, down to a PENNY's detail, a calculated illusion of randomness,
3) didn't really think about what they were doing but, through sheer mad skillZ and instinct honed through years of work, study, and play, HAMMERed out this bit of near-meme-able awesomeness.
...I would say significant portions of all three, with the bulk of the work coming out of thoughtful consideration, a heavy dash of educated guessing, and random silly rounding out the merry mess where the low production costs allowed or even demanded.