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Dancer Go-Go Boy Chronicles continues…



More from our favorite new youtube fascination, Marcus Bellamy. So it turns out that Marcus, who I previously described as a Go Go Boy, is actually an accomplished dancer in his own right (he starred in Broadway’s short lived Tarzan) and is former student of New York City’s famed Juilliard School. This latest clip, structured sort of like an aerobics class, consists of his interpretation of Britney's "Piece of Me" (how appropriate).



On a side note, I must say that I continue to be amazed at the cultural politics of youtube. It's truly an understatement to say that this genre has taken popular culture and “live performance” to entirely new plateaus. What would Phillip Auslander have to say?





It seems as though everyone has an “equal opportunity” (well, at least those privileged enough to have access to a webcam) within this broad arena of postmodern representation. With the growing popularity of everyday blogging and youtubing, pop culture continues to find itself making room for a new generation of home-made celebrities (from Perez Hilton all the way down to B. Scott).




I’ve noticed that queerness (and I use this term in the broadest sense to include everything from B. Scott’s androgyny to Alexyss Tylor’s colorful pussy commentary) seems to have an especially popular place within this medium.


Is it time for me to join the youtube phenomenon? Hmm, We’ll see. You know if I do it, I gotta do it right.


But hey, I’m getting ahead of myself. For right now I just want to pull up a chair, watch my new homeboy Marcus twist and twirl, and enjoy the voyeuristic “ride.”


Posted by the young people's professor on 1/09/2008 at 3:32:00 PM |

I thank God every morning and night for crafting such a beautiful man.

On another note, I am surprised you have not made a post about Omarion's ass in those slacks. I KNOW you've seen the picture!

Posted by Anonymous Anonymous | 1/10/2008  

I can't even begin to count the number of times I watched the clip of him dancing to Feeback! That was some hot stuff!

Posted by Blogger Cash S. | 1/11/2008  

hot.
70% erect.

Posted by Blogger Larry D. Lyons II | 1/11/2008  

I think what all this forces us to confront is the celebrity generation and the new ideas of young queers on what it means to be recognized in the world. It used to be - get noticed at the club, on the street, etc. Now, you have to become an internet star and get hits. Same old paradigm, new medium.

Ben

Posted by Anonymous Anonymous | 1/15/2008  

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