Diplo shared a promo video yesterday for the 2016 Mad Decent Block Party, starred by none other than former Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek. Titled "Day In the Life of Diplo," the gracefully-aging hunk does a playful Wes Pentz caricature and explains how he manages to maintain a work/play balance, deal with all the haters, and keep up with social media.Arguably, this is some of Van Der Beek's best work in years, even rivaling his performances in Varsity Blues (1999) and The Rules of Attraction (2002). That being said, it marked enough of a departure from his previous roles that it left us with a few questions for the American actor.If so, what do you like? Are you a big room EDM kind of guy, or is chin-scratching techno more your thing?Considering that the video's humor is geared a little bit towards millennial tastes, we're just wondering if you had to look anything up to play this role, or if you got the jokes right off the bat.From a practical perspective, you are very well posed to launch a music career as you've already got quite a lot of visibility from being a film and TV celebrity. Just saying.You can't blame us for making the connection.Patience is a virtue, but unfortunately we've run out of that.Remember when Diplo soundtracked a Bernie Sanders campaign ad? He also recently called the DJ world "the corniest f--ing group of people."
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