Everything you need to know about Chris Crocker’s gay porn debut can be found on the seat of his underwear. “Chris Crocker was here!” is emblazoned prominently on the back of Crocker’s undies, wiggling back and forth to the camera as Crocker sucks on his boyfriend’s cock.
After more than a year of waiting, Crocker finally made his gay porn debut earlier this month on maverickmen.com. And honestly, if you’re going to start off somewhere, Maverick Men is a pretty great get. They’re hot guys, the material they produce is pretty topnotch, and they have a genuine charisma that makes their videos fun to watch.
Adding internet celebrity Crocker and his (now ex-) boyfriend Justin Goble to the mix is something of an unexpected twist. As I said, Crocker has been teasing his porn career for more than a year now, to the point where the “will he or won’t he?” bit was starting to resemble Ross and Rachel 2.0, so when he finally put his money where his mouth and/or anus is, it quickly went viral. But is it any good?
In short: meh, he is okay. Not bad, not great. Just okay.
All right, fine, I’ll expand. The video itself is pretty great. If you’re a fan of the Maverick Men, you won’t be disappointed. As performers, their onscreen presence is always welcome, and the highlights of the video are when they are centre stage. Actually, Goble is a nice surprise in all of this, too: he’s cute, he deepthroats like a champ, and despite being the lesser-known player in all of this, he holds his own very well.
But as for Crocker? Well . . . all right, let’s get one thing straight: Crocker isn’t a bad performer, but neither is he a great one. The problem is that he doesn’t live up to his own hype. When you consider that he has been dangling the possibility of porn Damocles-style over our heads for more than a year now, the payoff is underwhelming. Throughout the video, both the Maverick Men and Goble manage to pull focus from him. Sure, Crocker can emblazon his name on his own ass, but unfortunately, name recognition will get you only so far.
Don’t get me wrong: Crocker does, at least, have potential. He’s cute, he’s got moxie, and he knows how to market himself. The problem here is that Crocker is relying on his YouTube notoriety. Yes, we get it, the “Leave Britney alone!” kid is doing porn, but that gimmick plays out quickly. The fact that Goble, a virtual unknown, managed to one-up Crocker in his own porn tape only serves to prove my point: if Crocker doesn’t stop resting on his own name rather than showing some talent, other people are just going to blow right past him.
And for god’s sake, wear a condom.
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