Chris Crocker (born December 1987) is an American internet celebrity and self-described "edutainer" who produces and acts in transgressive videos. In almost all of Crocker's work he presents himself as an openly gay and effeminate Southern adolescent in a "small-minded town" in the Bible Belt where his sexual orientation and outspokenness are a "subtext... rarely addressed directly and never completely accepted." The Tennessee-based Crocker, a st...
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Chris Crocker (born December 1987) is an American internet celebrity and self-described "edutainer" who produces and acts in transgressive videos. In almost all of Crocker's work he presents himself as an openly gay and effeminate Southern adolescent in a "small-minded town" in the Bible Belt where his sexual orientation and outspokenness are a "subtext... rarely addressed directly and never completely accepted." The Tennessee-based Crocker, a stage name, keeps his identity and exact location private because according to him, and as seen in the public comments to his work, there are safety concerns and death threats in response to his YouTube and MySpace video blogs and profile. According to his MySpace profile, Crocker lives in Los Angeles as of January 2008.
His work consists mainly of short-form self-directed "monologues about life" shot in his grandparents' home. As of May 2009, Crocker's videos have received a combined 49.5 million plays on MySpace, and his vlog channel on...
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