![]() ![]() He’s climbing in your windows, he’s snatching your people up trying to rape ‘em, so y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband, because they raping everybody out here.” When the camera cuts to him the second time, he says that “We got your T-shirt, you done left fingerprints and all, you are so dumb. First, when asked about the attempted intrusion, he states, “Well, obviously we have a rapist in Lincoln Park. The news report highlights Dodson three times. When he was interviewed by Gentle, Antoine Dodson (2010) made a series of comments and became famous when the news report posted by CrazyLiveAction on YouTube went viral instantly. He tried to pull my clothes off.” Upon hearing his sister being attacked, Antoine Dodson helped her to fight off the attacker, who escaped, leaving behind evidence such as a T-Shirt and fingerprints. As Kelly Dodson acknowledges in the interview with Elizabeth Gentle, “I was attacked by some idiot from out here in the projects. According to news reports, the assailant allegedly used a garbage can to climb up on a second-floor ledge, entered Kelly Dodson’s bedroom where she was sleeping with her daughter, got into the bed, and attempted to remove her clothing and rape her. What makes Dodson’s fame even more remarkable is that it resulted from a feature in a news report aired June 28, 2010, on WAAF-48 news, an NBC station, in which he boldly spoke out about the attempted rape and warned her would-be attacker. The attempted rape of Kelly Dodson in the Lincoln Park housing project in Huntsville, Alabama ironically and unexpectedly set a chain of events in motion that made her brother, Kevin Antoine Dodson, an instant internet celebrity. Andy Carvin, from “’Bed Intruder’ Meme: A Perfect Storm of Race, Music, Comedy and Celebrity,” NPR “Let’s face it-he’s literally become a brand overnight.” Antoine Dodson, from the “About” section in Dodson’s Facebook profile You can find me anywhere such as the party scene. I am very sweet and kind until you step on my feet. “Love to act bad and get things done my way. In this essay, I will explore the implications of Dodson’s media construction by drawing on critical work from areas such as queer studies and the digital humanities to examine how race, region, masculinity, and sexuality made him an internet phenomenon overnight. At the same time, in spite of his recent success, Dodson has been jailed. His comments were riffed widely on the internet, he received opportunities in advertising, and a Halloween costume based on the outfit he was wearing when he appeared on the news hit the market. After the attempted rape of his sister at a housing project in Alabama, the news video reporting the incident went viral, and Antoine Dodson became a popular phenomenon because of his comments on the video aimed at the perpetrator, whose performative aspects alone made him an instant internet celebrity. ![]()
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