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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
04/25/2015 22:09:00 •••

Necessity is the Todd of invention

On his own, Todd In The Shadows ranks up there as one of the highest of That Guy with the Glasses critics, alongside Doug himself, Lindsay Ellis, and good ol' Ralph Oancitizen. Todd's analytical, does his research, is entertaining, gives good reasoning for his arguments, and looks up opposing ones so as to respond to them. But that merely makes him a good critic, not a good web artist. What really proves his talent is his sheer determination to keep producing content even during slow pop music periods.

There's a recurring theme in many of his videos of struggling against sluggish music trends. The new indie wave spurned by Gotye has got him confused? Why not take a break and review the greatest Groin Attacks ever? The only new song is a Pitbull one that's basically just like all his previous songs? Why not do the same and make a review out of clips of previous reviews? Most popular song right now only has ten words in the whole thing? Analyze those ten words as if your life depended on it. Pop music still moving by slowly? Why not talk about past decades' songs? Why not even start a new series, maybe even two, to fill the space? While the times keep changing, Todd keeps on chugging.

Only negative criticism I can say is that Todd's Top Ten lists tend to show his biases more clearly. 2013's #2 pick being a copy-machined clone of a half-baked song you despised last year? One shouldn't resent "Scream and Shout" that much to miss giving #2 to #5's disgusting song, which sets back gender equality by several centuries. Regardless, Todd is still a great critic to follow. I hope he keeps up this persistent producing so that I may sate my world-ending hunger.

ChronosFox Since: Jan, 2014
12/03/2014 00:00:00

"to miss giving #2 to #5's disgusting song, which sets back gender equality by several centuries"

Holy hyperbole, Batman!

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
04/25/2015 00:00:00

Indeed by several centuries. In The Rap Critic's review of Lil's Wayne's "B*es Love Me", he points out that the women in it are wearing a scold's bridle, an iron muzzle used to punish women in the 15th century. The song did research to be misogynistic.

Per the mods' repellant efforts to avoid all responsibility, I regret to announce this is the end of my time on TVT. I'm going now. Goodbye.

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