Chris Crocker, have you heard of him? It’s hard to miss now that he is in-line with many other Youtube and myspace.com stars. What made him popular was his reaction to the reactions of people to Britney Spears’ less then graceful appearance on the MTV Music awards.
What’s amazing is the commentary that has arisen from his video. Not only was he featured on a yahoo.com news video and The Minniapoulous Star Tribune, but he has also been the focus of ridicule and comedy in the youtube world. Everyone and anyone is getting in on it. There is a great skit with Seth Green where he uses the video to promote his show Robot Chicken and the soup. Even funnier is the National Lampoon’s response–on behalf of Britney herself!
So what is the issue here, a fallen pop star? A video performer? Comedy? Entertainment? Or, like the National Lampoon’s video said, “It’s September 11th and all you can think about is Britney!” I think, I think we may be getting somewhere.
And just for an extra…
First, congrats. Second, how can you NOT love Seth Green?? Finally, I found it really depressing that for three straight days, every TV I passed was reporting on the Britney Spears thing. I rarely watch the news…but I’m sure something else was going on…