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The class clown expands his audience

In character Unlike earlier social media personalities, Labranche sees his cohorts as actors, above all: “We’re playing roles in our videos. We’re not playing ourselves.”

Jerry Purpdrank

Name

Jerry Labranche

Age

22

Audience

Facebook: 3.4 million; Instagram: 3.1 million; Vine: 9.3 million

Specialty

Sketch comedy

Recent hit

A frenetic parody of Apple enthusiasts’ horror at the lack

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