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Mark Allen and Lypsinka’s Lovechild
And now for something completely different…
The blogs are alive today with reaction to a very femmy boy getting hysterical on YouTube over post-VMA Britney criticism — I won’t link to it because it’s easy enough to find. This was my first introduction to the web phenomenon of “Chris Crocker”, a solitary gay kid being raised by Pentecostal grandparents in the Deep South who posts the most amazingly over-the-top videos imaginable. As [The Stranger] reports, he’s gathered a huge following of fans — and enemies — but, most importantly, he’s been noticed by media machers. That’s his ticket out. Way out. And a lifeline out of otherwise certain loneliness. Hooray for him.
After the jump, Chris provides his so-very-unique prescription for treating depression…
Brilliant? Talk about commitment to the bit. The table move. “Awaken it!” The capper. You can’t buy that kind of smart. The kid is brilliant in that liminal, 80’s East Village, almost-drag-but-smarter way that indicates the genius of a gay sensibility. His way in life won’t be easy, God knows, but aren’t we lucky to have him?
Posted in Blather 09/11/07 | 
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This is the most generous reading of Crocker I’ve seen so far. I’m not as impressed with him, but agree that he has more than enough drive to meet his goal of escaping the small town he lives in. It wouldn’t surprise me to find him in LA doing performance art in the next few years.
Comment by Aatom — September 17, 2007 @ 9:53 am
Aatom,
As a sociological event, alone, he’s fascinating. How he developed in a Pentecostal home in the Deep South would make a good Ph.D. thesis. The videos he does with his clearly exasperated grandmother are pretty priceless.
Comment by SD — September 18, 2007 @ 7:38 am