Post by secondwhiteline on Oct 14, 2021 11:10:53 GMT -5
Cody's a tryhard and it's easy to dunk on him. Some guys just bring that out in people.
Objectively, despite his featured role he's done a lot for other guys, so he's not selfish in that respect. He's too prominent a name to not get a lot of screen time, and it feels like his time onscreen has been reasonably proportionate to his role. Certainly it's been adjusted as more and more big names are coming in, so he's not stealing spotlight from the hot new acts.
One of the things that may be hurting him, weirdly enough, is that a lot of his screen time is off in Cody World. His angles tend to be really distanced from everything else in the company. I think this was an attempt to not overpush him but it ended up making his segments seem like some other show got spliced into the one you're trying to watch. He's a living Max Headroom signal hijack.
The points against Cody: He's way too self-serious and never really in on the joke about that (similar to someone wHHHose name I can't quite recall). Every time he tries to play the hero it comes across as fan fiction. There's an inescapable sense that he's living above his talent level. His external projects are eye-rolling. He's the reason we've sat through so much Brandi. THAT TATTOO OH MY GOD. There's just something cringe about the guy.
Objectively, despite his featured role he's done a lot for other guys, so he's not selfish in that respect. He's too prominent a name to not get a lot of screen time, and it feels like his time onscreen has been reasonably proportionate to his role. Certainly it's been adjusted as more and more big names are coming in, so he's not stealing spotlight from the hot new acts.
One of the things that may be hurting him, weirdly enough, is that a lot of his screen time is off in Cody World. His angles tend to be really distanced from everything else in the company. I think this was an attempt to not overpush him but it ended up making his segments seem like some other show got spliced into the one you're trying to watch. He's a living Max Headroom signal hijack.
The points against Cody: He's way too self-serious and never really in on the joke about that (similar to someone wHHHose name I can't quite recall). Every time he tries to play the hero it comes across as fan fiction. There's an inescapable sense that he's living above his talent level. His external projects are eye-rolling. He's the reason we've sat through so much Brandi. THAT TATTOO OH MY GOD. There's just something cringe about the guy.
