Danil Poperechny is one of the most famous video bloggers in Russia. Although he himself does not like to call himself that way due to the fact that today too many people who are not burdened with intelligence work in this format. Videos with girls showing how to practice kissing on strawberries, teenagers dumping a bunch of "slag" on the Web, adults who carry all sorts of nonsense with an absolutely serious face - all this casts doubt on the fact that there are not so talented among video bloggers, but at least decent individuals.
However, they still exist, although they are quite rare. And Danil Cross is one of them. His humor is quite specific, the comedian often includes frank and sometimes controversial jokes in his speeches. It seems that there are no taboos for the Cross, and he touches on the kind of topics that most comedians keep in the "don't joke about it" section.
Curriculum vitae
The famous stand-up comedian and video blogger was born in the city of Voronezh on March 10, 1992. Currently lives in St. Petersburg. On the Web, he is often called Spoon or Spuntimer, as well as simply Danya or Danila Transverse.
The blogger's height is 185 cm, although in some places information is indicated that the Transverse is slightly lower - 180-182 cm. Weight - 70-75 kg.
While still a schoolboy, he lived in Kyiv for several years. In high school, he worked as a beta tester. He studied to be a computer engineer, but never received an education. Cross knows 4 languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian and international English.
Occupation: video blogger, stand-up artist.
Personal life
According to the comedian, at school he was often mistaken for a representative of sexual minorities because of his appearance: the teenager had a pale appearance and circles under his eyes due to lack of sun and sleep. Moreover, haters also often stated that Danila was involved in the LGBT community, mainly due to the fact that the blogger actively defends their rights.
This was followed by a rather peculiar answer - a video where Danil Poperechny stated that he was gay and was dating other men, but he was doing it right in front of his girlfriend.
Yes, the blogger has a girlfriend. Her name is Regina, and she is the same age as Danila (Regina's birthday is 05/20/1992).
Danila Poperechny and his girlfriend, judging by the videos in Periscope, have been dating for more than two years.
Creation
Cross is one of the old-timers of the Russian-language YouTube. He started with animation work. Then he worked on the Thank You, Eva portal, where he worked on the technical part, remaining behind the scenes.
The Transverse Spoontimer channel appeared in 2009, but in the first couple of years it practically did not develop. And only in 2011, videos began to appear on it extremely irregularly.
In 2013, more than 10 thousand people subscribed to the channel, at the same time, Crosswise tries himself in stand-up.
In 2014, the Cross Blog and Confession appeared. Since 2015, he has been filming in a joint project with I. Prusikin and E. Dzharakhov "Give me a bream!" In the same year, Danil organizes the column "Podcast without a soul" as part of his channel.
The most scandalous video created by Danila Poperechny is "Pop Culture". The blogger tries himself in a variety of formats, which is how "Roasting" and "Real Story" appeared.
Currently, Transverse continues to develop his own YouTube channel, and also participates in many different projects.
Standup Cross
Despite the controversial humor, Poperechny's stand-up is a success, and the comedian travels a lot around the country with his performances. His lyrics contain many jokes about perverts, drugs, alcohol, sex and other taboo topics. There is also a lot of swearing, which, however, does not negatively affect the attendance of such events.
Funny or not? Hard to say. Poperechny's peers will definitely find it funny, and many people of the older generation will also find a lot of sharp satirical humor in his speeches. But for those who love "Full House" and "Crooked Mirror", the stand-up of Cross, most likely, will not only not like it, but will cause an uproar.
Revelations of a video blogger
Danil Poperechny is a public and fairly well-known person. And if other celebrities can hide their personal lives and innermost thoughts, then video bloggers live just for this: they share everything that happens in their life and that somehow touched their feelings.
So if you watch all the videos with Cross, you can find out his opinion on a particular issue. Especially often, he touches on topics that have been vigorously discussed on the Web: the ban on abortion, the benefits and harms of vaccinations, the Yarovaya package, American elections, Eurovision, Russian music, teenage suicides, etc. etc.
Danila Cross: "Pop culture"
This is a famous and sensational clip. It was created by Danila Cross. How many years can you get for this video, which many considered an insult to the feelings of believers? According to Art. 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, you can get up to 1 year of a real prison term, as well as lighter punishments, for example, corrective labor or a substantial fine.
Briefly about the video: Danil Poperechny, dressed as a priest, sings a song. And if the video sequence turned out to be relatively neutral, then the words caused a culture shock for many. Here the representative of the clergy is presented as a greedy, lustful and cynical person.
The clip caused such a hurricane of emotions in some that Poperechny began to receive threats from a representative of the clergy, a certain Macarius, and later from Vitaly Milonov. The stand-up artist was asked to remove the video, as well as to make a public apology, otherwise he would face criminal prosecution.
However, Poperechny himself, in the announcement for the video, indicated that he did not want to offend either believers or the Russian Orthodox Church, and the video was a kind of satirical response to the increasingly emerging information about the luxurious life of some members of the clergy. And it must be said that even some Orthodox people agreed with his position.
After all the threats, Danila decided to abandon any political and near-political topics in his speeches, because, according to him, today “we (video bloggers) are planted like potatoes.”
Danila Cross. A photo: Ivan Romanov
The project "Noodles" by journalist Alexei Kovalev accused the famous video blogger and stand-up comedian Danila Poperechny (almost two million subscribers on YouTube) in creating propaganda videos about Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, as well as a video where opposition leader Alexei Navalny is compared to Adolf Hitler.
Noodles, citing several unnamed and independent sources, claims that Cross has a whole studio to create such videos. “In total, according to the sources of Noodles Filmmaker, there are about a dozen such [videos] in the work, plus a full-length documentary about Sergei Sobyanin, but after we started asking questions, the releases of these videos stopped,” the article says.
“So, our first source, having received a fee, gave us several leads. The first is Ilya Fadeev, a former spokesman for the pro-Kremlin youth organizations StopHam and Piggy Against. He was the first to post on his social networks video clip about "Sobyanin's mistress", literally an hour after some anonymous user with an empty profile uploaded it to YouTube. Our source said that this is a partner of Cross.
Fadeev himself, in a conversation with me, categorically denies that he has anything to do with this video and Danila Cross. It is hard to believe in this, because Fadeev not so long ago presented himself as the creator of the Let's Laima project:
And who was one of the co-owners of the LLC of the same name? That's right, Danila Transverse:
Well, let's find another source. I got hold of the address of one of the coordinators of the informal and heavily conspiratorial media studio that Poperechny created for such propaganda orders. To ingratiate myself, I wrote a letter ostensibly on behalf of the customer and referred to Fadeev. And although they have a terrible conspiracy there, all communication is only verbal or in secret Telegram chats (screenshots of them are also at the disposal of the editors), the coordinator came right into my open arms and instead of ignoring the letter altogether or saying that he was no Fadeev does not know, immediately blurted out: what do you want?
Actually, after that it was already possible not to write anything, because Fadeev’s connection with this video had already been confirmed to us. But the chatty coordinator did not stop and handed over the entire office:
After that, it remains only to blackmail the information we need:
I could post many more screenshots from correspondence with my sources and their secret chats with their coordinators, then all doubts would disappear, but since I promised them anonymity, I have to fulfill it. Soon after "Sobyanin's mistress", another propaganda video was released in the same vein:
In total, according to Noodlesnimalochnaya sources, there are about a dozen of them in the works, plus a full-length documentary about Sergei Sobyanin, but after we started asking questions, these videos stopped coming out. Here is how one of our sources describes the work of the studio:
"I negotiated in a closed telegram chat with one of the project managers. In general, such projects are made by 6-7 animators, each does his part of the work and no one sees the big picture, so none of the animators at the time of work can not refuse, because it's stupid does not understand what is being worked on. Negotiations with each animator are carried out by their own manager/coordinator and, accordingly, if one of the animators simply shows his correspondence with the manager, then it is immediately clear which of the animators leaked the information."
In general, the picture comes out like this: Danila Poperechny from a pro-Kremlin animator turned into an opposition blogger and stand-up comedian, but all this time he remained in contact with his former partners. Based on "Thank you, Eve!" he created a media studio of dozens of animators who, in the strictest secrecy, rivet such propaganda videos for customers from the government. Animators receive very little, about $ 100 per order, but how much Transverse leaves for himself - unfortunately, we did not manage to find out, as well as the end customer. If you know anything about this, write to [email protected], anonymity is guaranteed. Transverse himself stubbornly denies everything, but which of us is right - decide for yourself.
Would you like another example of the work of the Transverse Studio? But please. Remember this video from last year? So hellish that the authors quickly removed it, but re-uploaded versions remained. Our source at the Crossroads studio says that the scandal was such that they rushed to remove all the source files and the video itself.
"Noodle shooter"
Cross-section called the material "Noodles Remover" "hilarious crap" and "obvious stuffing."
"This is hilarious crap. The author of this "incredible investigation" wrote to me, he was trying to find my customer. At first I laughed it off, I thought that someone was trolling me, then I started to get to know me seriously, well, he really thinks that I created a secret animation studio , very secret, conspiracy theory, where everyone knows that I'm like a screenwriter (laughs).Well, yes, perhaps, if I were engaged in propaganda videos, yes, they would definitely look like [Yuri] Degtyarev's old videos that fucked everyone up even before "Thank you, Eva!" broke up. I even really like the image of a dude who has rather liberal views during the day, and at night I turn into a quilted propagandist. There's even something to it."
Danila Poperechny, "Varlamov.ru"
"This is a clear stuffing. "Secret Studio", where everyone knows that I am a screenwriter. Of course. I know Fadeev - this person tried to work with us on the Let's Lime portal, he began to say in an interview that he was the creator, after which they said goodbye and never crossed paths again, even indirectly."Danila Cross, TJ
A video comparing Navalny to Hitler was published on April 20, Hitler's birthday, three days later was a guest on the show "Cactus" on the YouTube channel "Navalny LIVE". "Come on, kamon, I refuse to believe it" -
I welcome guests and regular readers of the site website. So, on March 10, 1994, in the Russian city of Voronezh, the world saw the light for the first time. Danila Transverse- now a well-known video blogger and stand-up comedian.
Danila's father left the family early, so the child was raised by his mother.
From childhood, Poperechny discovered in himself a talent for drawing, for some period he even attended art school.
He started animation at the age of 14. It is worth noting that his comrade Dmitry Menshikov (NightWayFarer), known on the Internet for the "School 13" project, was of great importance in the development of the Voronezh resident as a multiplier.
For about six years, Danila went to school in the city of Kyiv. After receiving secondary education, he entered the computer engineer, but never finished his studies.
Danila is a real old-timer among YouTube figures. His first videos were humorous cartoons. Also, the young man worked for some time on the “Thank you, Eva!” portal, but he always remained behind the scenes, performing only the technical part of the work.
In 2011, on his channel "Spoontamer", registered two years earlier, he began to upload videos from the "Level up" series, in which he shared his thoughts on various topics of interest to him.
Level up: P**zda (2011)
Also, Danya does not forget about animated videos, at the same time trying to find himself in something new.
In January 2013, 10,000 people subscribed to his channel. In the same year, Cross gives his first "STAND-UP" performances.
In general, Danila has a considerable number of city tours with her stand-ups behind her back, including one joint with.
In 2014, he presents the humorous formats "CONFESSION" and "TRANSVERSAL BLOG". He also took part in writing scripts for video clips of a music artist.
In the future, Danila will come up with many more headings for his channel, including "Podcast without a soul", which touches on social issues, dubious laws and simply topics that are difficult to remain silent about.
To raise a Russian stand-up from your knees - no more, no less. A statement that strikes with its pathos. But this red-haired guy, “beaten” more than once for his tough humor, completely devoid of censorship, continues to mercilessly mock events and opponents. There are no forbidden topics for him, no authorities put pressure on him. His videos on the network are gaining more than 100 thousand views, and concerts are invariably sold out.
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Biography
Danila Poperechny was born in Voronezh. He grew up in an incomplete family, his father left home when Danya was very young. From childhood, the boy showed extraordinary abilities in creativity, he even studied at an art school, but dropped out of school, realizing that only drawing was not enough.
He was more interested in watching different videos on the Internet. And from the age of 14, he himself began to create animation based on what the guys did on the network. At the age of 15, Danila registers a YouTube channel in his name called Spoontamer and tries himself as a video blogger. “I still wonder if anyone was interested. I was rewatching my first videos and I was cringing at all the bullshit I was filming."
He finished school in Kyiv. At the age of 16, he got a job as a beta tester in a Ukrainian company for the development of computer games. After school, he came to the office and "plowed" until 11 pm. “It was just uncomfortable for me to ask my mother for money for my entertainment every time, and I decided to earn it myself.”
I entered Danila University in Poland. True, the specialty of an informatics engineer did not captivate the guy: in the third year, he got bored with his studies, and he gave up this useless, from his point of view, occupation. Much more than systematic training, watching videos of English-speaking fellow comedians helps Transverse's career.
And it all started with the fact that one day he saw the performance of the American comedian Eddie Murphy and was fascinated. And when he discovered stand-up comedian Louis C.K., he realized that this is what he seriously wants to do. “In America, stand-up and black humor have not lost their relevance for 60 years, and we have the same 60 years - a continuous laughter panorama from KVN and Full House. We don't have this kind of culture. No wonder people don't want to accept something new." “Raise Russian stand-up from its knees” became a fixed idea for him. Danila plunges headlong into her work, boldly exploring the entire “kitchen” of this genre.
In addition to working on his channel, the future comedian helps fellow video bloggers: he writes scripts, edits videos, and reads voiceovers. He trains to read monologues in front of a mirror, studies the construction of jokes.
For the first time, Danila performed in front of a live audience in 2013, and already in the next, together with Ruslan Usachev, he visited 14 Russian cities with the concert program “Without Mat”. The desire to perform live does not prevent the comedian from making fresh videos for his channel. This is how projects appear: “Cross Blog”, “Don’t Switch”, “Confession”, “Without a Soul”. “On YouTube, I do less comedy and more analytics. I took upon myself the responsibility of popularizing the problems, even at the cost of the fact that sooner or later I could be imprisoned for this.
Gradually, the artist's creative life enters a tense and intense rhythm. In 2015, Danila starred in such YouTube projects as "It's time to leave", "Give me a bream!", "This is good!". He participates in the Moscow festival of video bloggers "Vidfest", and also travels to the concert programs "Big Spoon" and "X * Y". In 2016 with the project "Where to laugh ?!" Cross visited 27 cities of Russia and 3 cities of Ukraine. In 2017, Danila launches a new project "Bad Jokes" and the number of his subscribers reaches a round number with six zeros. The video blogger did not remain in debt and, in honor of this event, shot the video “Millionaire”, according to Danila himself, the most positive of his videos. But it was not the only gift for the fans. New Year's parody of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov made a lot of noise and became the subject of a serious scandal. It happened at the beginning of 2018. In response, the politician, offended by his pride, officially called the parody "a big mistake", and the humorist - "a half-witted donkey." The geography of Danila's performances is constantly expanding, and now he has begun a large stand-up tour in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic states. He plans to wrap 31 cities in a web of his jokes. According to the blogger, he breathes new life into Russian stand-up comedy. |
Personal life
Behind the appearance of a cheeky comedian hides a vulnerable guy who draws beautiful pictures and speaks English, Ukrainian and Polish as well as his native Russian. It is not easy to recognize the real Danila; in all interviews, Transverse continues to play the role of a cynic. When Danila became a guest of the Vdud show and the conversation turned to earnings, he sarcastically replied that it was uncomfortable for him to have a lot of money in his wallet, dine in expensive restaurants and understand that there was a happy woman nearby. The comic was wrong. Yes, he does not like pretentious parties and glamorous socialites, but he appreciates his beloved Regina, with whom he has been together for more than two years.
Regina Zhdanova is from the Baltics. She was born on May 20, 1992 and has an art education. She is not fond of either video blogging or humor, but flashes in several of the blogger's videos. Young people often appear together, photos of the couple can be found in abundance on the net, they have accounts on Twitter and Instagram.
Cross-section admitted more than once that he could be a hostage to the image. Sometimes Danila flirts so much that he does not understand where the real world is and where the stage is. One thing the comedian knows for sure is that Regina is a dear and close person for him, separation from whom will be painful. “I’m so selfish that I can’t let Regina leave,” Poperechny once opened up. True, Regina herself admitted that she was not yet ready to connect her life with Danila. The wedding is still far away.
