DOI
10.64628/AAI.5cfj9twts
Abstract
“Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups. He simply pushes the world down.”
“Chuck Norris counted to infinity – twice.”
“Chuck Norris once strangled someone – with a cordless phone”
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Chuck Norris, the 1980s action star, became a tongue-in-cheek model of toughness and masculinity in viral internet memes known as “Chuck Norris Facts.”
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-3-2026
Recommended Citation
Pettis, Ben, "The Two Lives of Chuck Norris" (2026). Rhetoric and Communication Studies Faculty Publications. 75.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/rhetoric-faculty-publications/75
