On “Chris Crocker”
ABC News (via dlisted, via WeSmirch) does the work the media was born to do and gives us the background story on Mr. Chris Crocker:
Crocker is a complicated character. He wouldn’t disclose his real name to ABC News, but said he was 19, lived in a small town in Tennessee and wanted to be an actor. Though the video is perfectly amateurish, many of the photos on his MySpace page look professionally shot and he admitted the posted clip was his second take.
This kinda has the smell of another Lonelygirl15 thing; meant to seem amatuer but really put together by professionals. Crocker admits to having pitched a show to LOGO, MTV’s gay network (gay literally, its aimed at gays), so maybe he’s just a very slick self-promoter. Anyway he claims he just made the video because he’s just a huge fan:
“I made the video in the heat of the moment. She needs to hear someone sticking up for her. Even people who stick up for her don’t do it to the extent that I want to, I’ve been a fan since I don’t remember, and I wanted to fulfill my duty,” Crocker said.
Yes, thank you very much for fulfilling your duty, I salute you sir.
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