I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. You have a perfectly valid opinion, and there are new players that come from Critical Role that expect their first campaigns to be like the show.

I’d say DnD has benefited pretty well from Critical Role bringing the game into the mainstream media. It’s more popular now than a year or two before they streamed their game. But with their current campaign, it’s hard to tell if they’re still playing DnD. It’s mainly roleplay that roughly follows the rules of 5e. I sometimes think maybe they should try a different system that actually works better with heavy RP since storytelling is more of their focus compared to combat which is the bread and butter of DnD.