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# What... Is Dawson Doing Now, Exactly?
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/what-is-dawson-doing-now-exactly-08-2017/
- Published: 2017-08-04T15:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2017-08-04T16:16:07.000Z
- Description: I can finally explain the mustache.
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Man Fugs, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:55

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The actual factual answer is, he is playing the EDM DJ Diplo in a series called *What Would Diplo Do?*, except of course it's not based on REAL Diplo but just a version of Diplo...? I have to tell you, I'm so old now that not only do I not know anything about what EITHER version of Diplo is other than a) rumors that he's not all that nice, b)[ indeed, he sounds like a douchecanoe](https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/what-would-diplo-do-viceland-review.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io); c) if the douchecanoe thing is all an act, then newsflash, you're a douchecanoe for real; d) he co-produced *Lemonade* with Beyonce and I wonder if she secretly hates him, e) he has feuds with other people I don't care about, like this "Zedd" person; f) he uses phrases like "I f\*\*ked your girl, and g) wasn't he dating Rita Ora at one point? I honestly called him Duplo for a long time, so what do I know.

Still, it contextualizes the Beek's mustache, if nothing else. Beek is playing Diplo, and he also conceived of and exec-produces and writes this thing. *Why* is a wonderful question, but as Vulture notes, JVDB is at his most enjoyable to watch when -- like Hugh Grant -- he is playing an arrogant bro with only flashes of self-awareness. The earnestness of *Dawson's Creek* has not aged well, so at least he's playing to his talents here, I guess?

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