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Tell Tim Chalamet to Tweet at Me: Situating Timothée Chalamet's Social Media Presence and Perceived (B)Romance with Armie Hammer

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The 2018 song ‘Okra’ by Tyler, the Creator features lyrics which include a nod to ‘Tim’ Chalamet who is beckoned ‘to get at me’. Inspired by this lyric, this chapter's title is a play on it to capture public demand for Chalamet's tweets and social media posts which are notoriously sporadic, and, sometimes, even cryptic. Analysis of Chalamet's social media presence, dynamic with Armie Hammer, and press framing of such activity aids a nuanced understanding of how Chalamet's stardom, self-depiction and perceived (b)romance with Hammer shapes the iconic nature of Call Me by Your Name and the film's connection to conversations concerning gender, sexuality, and class. Drawing on York's research regarding ‘reluctant celebrity’, in addition to other celebrity, screen, and digital studies, this chapter explores how Chalamet's social media presence is entangled with Call Me by Your Name marketing and commentaries, such as discourse regarding how Chalamet depicts and embodies particular (white) masculinities and perceived sexualities.

Keywords: Call Me By Your Name ; Celebrity ; Fame ; Gender ; Internet's Boyfriend ; Sexuality ; Social media ; Stardom ; Timothée Chalamet

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Tell Tim Chalamet to Tweet at Me: Situating Timothée Chalamet's Social Media Presence and Perceived (B)Romance with Armie Hammer
Intellect , 253 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789389425_14
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