Culture and Media Writer

Dylan Croll

3 articles 2018

Dylan Croll is a journalist who contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2018, writing cultural commentary on topics ranging from the legacy of Andre the Giant to the downfall of Gawker Media. He has worked as a reporter covering business and culture.

Nobody Cares. Work Harder.

November 28, 2018 · Features, Magazine, culture

How Cameron Hanes is redefining masculinity for a new generation

Andre the Giant Still Has a Posse

April 11, 2018 · Donald Trump, Pop Culture, Books and Arts

Let’s start with the obvious: Andre the Giant, subject of a new documentary from HBO, was huge. The wrestler seemed almost to have stepped out of legend or myth. Billed at a whopping 7-foot-4 and 477 pounds, he was a veritable Grendel, with deep-set eyes, frizzy hair, and a protruding jaw. Dubbed…

How Gawker Was Defeated

April 3, 2018 · Gawker, Nick Denton, Today's Blogs

When Terry Bollea walked to the front of the courtroom on the fourth floor of the Pinellas County courthouse on March 7, 2016, he was just a shadow of the man he used to be—the man the world knew him as: wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan. Orthopedic surgeries had reduced his once-plucky stride to a…