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Zeke Durden is a character created in 2003 by [[Indiana University]] photographer Zach Downey that has circulated widely via the internet.<ref name="heraldtimesonline">[Leonard, M. “IU photographer enjoys secret life as Mullet Man.” Herald-Times, 2011. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/08/28/digitalcity.qp-2579724.sto. Published August 11, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013.]</ref> A photo of Durden sporting a [[mullet]] haircut and standing shirtless next to a [[pickup truck]] has been a popular image online, on television, and in print media for a decade. The photo also became the basis of an internet meme, Almost Politically Correct Redneck.<ref>[Almost Politically Correct Redneck: Part of a Series on Advice Animals. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/almost-politically-correct-redneck. Retrieved April 14, 2013.]</ref>
Zeke Durden is a character created in 2003 by [[Indiana University]] photographer Zach Downey that has circulated widely via the internet.<ref name="heraldtimesonline">[Leonard, M. “IU photographer enjoys secret life as Mullet Man.” Herald-Times, 2011. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/08/28/digitalcity.qp-2579724.sto. Published August 11, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013. "Zach Downey had at least a few of these unflattering descriptors in mind when he cut his long hair and created a mullet as his costume in 2003. Little did he realize at the time that a photograph that he and his wife, Trisha, took for laughs the next morning would become an iconic shot that would be reproduced countless times in mullet galleries on websites across the country and in other forms as well."]</ref> A photo of Durden sporting a [[mullet]] haircut and standing shirtless next to a [[pickup truck]] has been a popular image online, on television, and in print media for a decade. The photo also became the basis of an internet meme, Almost Politically Correct Redneck.<ref>[Almost Politically Correct Redneck: Part of a Series on Advice Animals. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/almost-politically-correct-redneck. Retrieved April 14, 2013.]</ref>


== Origin ==
== Origin ==
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The Durden photo began to spread virally after one of Downey’s friends posted it on a website devoted to mullets, where the image was named “mullet of the month.”<ref name="heraldtimesonline" />
The Durden photo began to spread virally after one of Downey’s friends posted it on a website devoted to mullets, where the image was named “mullet of the month.”<ref name="heraldtimesonline" />
The photo was widely reposted thereafter. In 2005, the photo appeared on the cover of the [[Oklahoma Gazette]] as part of an article titled “Mulletude.”<ref>[Oklahoma Gazette. Vol. 27, No. 9. March 2, 2005.]</ref> It appeared on the [[Huffington Post]] website in an article titled “Ten Percent of Americans Can’t Decide Not to Be Idiots,”<ref>[ Huffington Post website. http://www.236.com/news/2008/10/31/wtf_are_undecideds_undecided_a_9904.php. Published October 31, 2008. Accessed April 14, 2013.]</ref> and on [[Fox News]]’ [[The Fox Nation]] website in an article titled “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding.’”<ref>[Starnes T. “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding’.” http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/03/14/my-big-redneck-wedding. Published May 14, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013.]</ref> Fox Nation erroneously credited the image to the [[Associated Press]].
The photo was widely reposted thereafter. In 2005, the photo appeared on the cover of the [[Oklahoma Gazette]] as part of an article titled “Mulletude.”<ref>[Oklahoma Gazette. Vol. 27, No. 9. March 2, 2005.]</ref> It appeared on the [[Huffington Post]] website in an article titled “Ten Percent of Americans Can’t Decide Not to Be Idiots,”<ref>[ Huffington Post website. http://web.archive.org/web/20081103060702/http://www.236.com/news/2008/10/31/wtf_are_undecideds_undecided_a_9904.php. Published October 31, 2008. Accessed April 14, 2013.]</ref> and on [[Fox News]]’ [[The Fox Nation]] website to promote a Fox News Radio episode by Todd Starnes titled “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding.’”<ref>[Starnes T. “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding’.” http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/03/14/my-big-redneck-wedding. Published May 14, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013.]</ref> Fox Nation erroneously credited the image to the [[Associated Press]].


== Parodies and adaptations ==
== Parodies and adaptations ==

Revision as of 19:02, 18 May 2013

Zeke Durden
File:Zeke Durden.jpg
Zeke Durden mullet photo.
Zeke Durden
Created byZach Downey
Portrayed byZach Downey
In-universe information
GenderMale

Zeke Durden is a character created in 2003 by Indiana University photographer Zach Downey that has circulated widely via the internet.[1] A photo of Durden sporting a mullet haircut and standing shirtless next to a pickup truck has been a popular image online, on television, and in print media for a decade. The photo also became the basis of an internet meme, Almost Politically Correct Redneck.[2]

Origin

Downey created the Durden character for a Halloween costume in 2003 by giving himself a mullet haircut. He donated the hair cuttings to Locks of Love, and his wife took the photo of Durden that would spread virally on the internet.[1]

Viral phenomenon

The Durden photo began to spread virally after one of Downey’s friends posted it on a website devoted to mullets, where the image was named “mullet of the month.”[1] The photo was widely reposted thereafter. In 2005, the photo appeared on the cover of the Oklahoma Gazette as part of an article titled “Mulletude.”[3] It appeared on the Huffington Post website in an article titled “Ten Percent of Americans Can’t Decide Not to Be Idiots,”[4] and on Fox News’ The Fox Nation website to promote a Fox News Radio episode by Todd Starnes titled “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding.’”[5] Fox Nation erroneously credited the image to the Associated Press.

Parodies and adaptations

File:Zeke Durden Adult Swim.jpg
Zeke Durden on Adult Swim.

Numerous parodies and adaptations of the Zeke Durden image have subsequently appeared. In 2004, during an episode of the television show Family Guy, the Adult Swim network answered a viewer letter from “BeerGoggles312” with a doctored version of the Durden photo in which a wolf’s head was superimposed on Durden’s body, and Durden’s head was superimposed on a wolf’s body.

An illustration based on the Durden photo accompanied a 2009 article on Heavy.com, "How to Survive in a Redneck Bar."[6] Cloyd Rivers, a Twitter personality, originally used the Durden photo for his Twitter feed but later replaced it with an illustration that resembles Durden.[7] An animated Almost Politically Correct Redneck video appeared on the Animeme YouTube channel in 2012.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c [Leonard, M. “IU photographer enjoys secret life as Mullet Man.” Herald-Times, 2011. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/08/28/digitalcity.qp-2579724.sto. Published August 11, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013. "Zach Downey had at least a few of these unflattering descriptors in mind when he cut his long hair and created a mullet as his costume in 2003. Little did he realize at the time that a photograph that he and his wife, Trisha, took for laughs the next morning would become an iconic shot that would be reproduced countless times in mullet galleries on websites across the country and in other forms as well."]
  2. ^ [Almost Politically Correct Redneck: Part of a Series on Advice Animals. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/almost-politically-correct-redneck. Retrieved April 14, 2013.]
  3. ^ [Oklahoma Gazette. Vol. 27, No. 9. March 2, 2005.]
  4. ^ [ Huffington Post website. http://web.archive.org/web/20081103060702/http://www.236.com/news/2008/10/31/wtf_are_undecideds_undecided_a_9904.php. Published October 31, 2008. Accessed April 14, 2013.]
  5. ^ [Starnes T. “My ‘Big Redneck Wedding’.” http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/03/14/my-big-redneck-wedding. Published May 14, 2011. Accessed April 14, 2013.]
  6. ^ Published November 2009. Accessed April 29, 2013.
  7. ^ [ https://twitter.com/CloydRivers ]
  8. ^ Published September 29, 2012. Accessed April 14, 2013.


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