but he is an insult to magic.
If Criss is an insult to magic, then the community in general is a bunch of spineless wussies. But it's not as if we didn't already know that.
Joking aside, you need to get over yourself. Criss may be a narcissistic prat, but so are most magicians I've met. He's just less subtle about it. And to his credit, he's an accomplished stage magician and would be remembered a lot more favorably if he could just keep his trap shut.
But that's apparently not as appealing an answer as making Criss out to be some sort of anti-Christ of magic. After all, what fun is taking responsibility when you can just project onto a scapegoat?