Thug Notes
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About
Thug Notes is a YouTube educational entertainment series hosted by Sparky Sweets, PhD[5] who explains and analyzes classical literature in African American Vernacular English.
Online History
In early May 2013, the URL thug-notes.com[1] and Facebook fan page for Thug Notes[2] were created. The YouTube channel[3] launched on June 3rd, 2013 with an episode explaining Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment.[4] His reinterpretation of the novel recieved more than 75,000 views in a month and a half.
Reception
The day after the series launched, TubeGeeks[6] lauded the series for its analysis, which he describes as "peepin' motifs," and compared the series to Quirk Classic, a publishing company that retells classic novels with zombies[7], androids[8] and sea monsters.[9] Over the next two weeks, Thug Notes videos were featured on WebProNews[10], Guyism[11] and MTV Guy Code,[12] On June 24th, his review of Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird (shown below) was submitted to the /r/Videos subreddit[13] where it generated nearly 11,000 upvotes, more than 3,000 points overall and nearly 350 comments.
The same day, the video was submitted to Buzzfeed[14] by a community contributor. On June 25th, the Daily Dot[15] published an article on the show that was shared nearly 330 times. Since June, Thug Notes has been featured on College Humor[16], Complex[17], BroBible[18], the Huffington Post[19], Tastefully Offensive[20] and the Inquistr.[21] As of July 2013, Thug Notes has more than 65,000 subscribers, 801,000 views and receives an average of 17,000 views per day.
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External References
[2] Facebook β Thug Notes
[3] YouTube β Thug Notes
[4] Wikipedia β Crime and Punishment
[5] Twitter β @SparkySweetsPhD
[6] TubeGeeks β Thug Notes: The Gangsterest Cliffs Notes Youβve Ever Seen
[7] Goodreads β Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[8] Goodreads β Android Karenina
[9] Goodreads β Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
[10] WebProNews β Meet Thug Notes, the Best Classic Literature Discussion on YouTube
[11] Guyism β THUG NOTES IS YOUR SHORTCUT TO CLASSIC LITERATURE
[12] MTV Guy Code β 'Thug Notes': The Hardcore Way To Learn About Books [VIDEO]
[13] Reddit β /r/videos: I prefer Thug Notes to Spark Notes. β [3:48]
[14] Buzzfeed β Thug Notes May Be The New SparkNotes
[15] The Daily Dot β Thug Notes is the funniest and smartest lit analysis on the Web
[16] College Humor β Thug Notes β To Kill a Mockingbird
[17] Complex Tech β The Best Video on the Internet Today: Thug Notes Reviews "1984"
[18] BroBible β Hereβs Best New YouTube Series βThug Notesβ Taking on βPride and Prejudiceβ
[19] The Huffington Post β Thug Notes Gets 'Buck Wild' With 'Lord Of The Flies' (VIDEO)
[20] Tastefully Offensive β Thug Notes: Lord of the Flies
[21] The Inquisitr β Thug Notes β Lord Of The Flies (Video)
Top Comment
Kung Fu Cthulhu
Jul 18, 2013 at 10:55PM EDT