Iheme and Ikedieze have a vast selection of movies where they act as brothers or exuberant buddies. “It’s quite exciting that a lot of people enjoy this content and thank me for introducing them to these actors.” “I had no idea how far the clips would go!” she tells Vulture. She loved the movies so much that she decided to create an account to post snippets from them, as a form of homage to the actors. Out of curiosity, she combed the internet for more videos of the actor and slowly worked her way through his entire filmography, as well as Iheme’s. Her account, which has amassed over 200,000 followers since January, was created after she discovered the actors from Ikedieze’s famous Vine. Nicole, a Brazil-based woman behind the Twitter account is largely responsible for Iheme and Ikedieze’s meme-star status. They’re two of the most sought-after actors in Nigeria for comedic roles, and they rose to fame by playing mischievous children under the moniker “Aki and Pawpaw.” Don’t be fooled by Iheme and Ikedieze’s size - they’re both grown men (Iheme is 37 and Ikedieze is 41). Ikedieze is also the crying guy from the Vine. The “boys” in these viral videos are the Nigerian comic-film duo Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze. 1Ki8圎bosE- nollywood July 9, 2019īut for those well versed in movies from the Nigerian film industry, a.k.a. Like the Vine that preceded them, the origin of these videos has remained obscure. THIS VINE OF AN AFRICAN KID CRYING WITH A MACHETE WILL NEVER GET OLD HAAHAHHA /jO5DaBhUOY- Huda January 13, 2017įast-forward to a post-Vine 2019, a world where short videos of two small boys doing decidedly grown-up things like smoking cigars, pranking adults, and successfully wooing a number of women with their boisterous, high-pitched voices began to pick up in popularity on Twitter. The looping effect of Vines made it impossible to stop watching it, but the origin of the clip was largely a mystery. You can feel the pain in his voice when he says, “Mama, tell him!” In a sudden burst of exasperation, he throws down the machete and sits with his bowed head in his hands, defeatedly hissing, “Oh my God.” This video quickly became the go-to reaction meme for expressing frustration, annoyance, or disappointment. With a mix of tears and sweat falling from his face, the young man cries to his mother, whom we can’t see in the video. In the good old days of Vine, one of the most popular clips was that of what appears to be a kid holding up a machete. And just as that phrase was capitalized on, Stall says he's seeing the same thing now.Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze in Intelligent Students. The phrase "F*** Trump" was seen often on signs and apparel when Donald Trump was president. President Barack Obama was in office as social media's influence began to take hold, enabling the quick spread of racist images and insults online. "Let's go, Brandon" isn't the first president-related meme to take off, nor is it the first time a president has dealt with vulgar messages. There's a difference between calls for violence and this sort of wink that the 'Let's Go, Brandon' meme is." How this meme compares with others directed at presidents "It's not a search term that they were going to limit," Stall says. Independent researcher Hampton Stall, who studies ideology and group cultures, says the phrase itself is "shareable and adaptable" and can be used in public in "way that cursing out the president cannot."Ĭoronavirus Updates Memes about COVID-19 helped us cope with life in a pandemic, a new study findsĪnd while it's possible that social media platforms and search engines might ban the more explicit phrase, Stall says the meme version isn't a phrase that can be banned. The airline says it's conducting an internal investigation of the incident.
A Southwest Airlines pilot used the phrase to sign off from a flight on Friday.
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Ted Cruz, R-Texas, no stranger to memes, also added to this discourse when he posted a photo from Game 2 of the World Series in which he stands with another Houston Astros fan whose sign reads "LET'S GO BRANDON" in big bold letters. Bill Posey of Florida, ended a speech on the House floor, in which he talked about frustrations with the Biden administration's agenda and legislation, with a "Let's go, Brandon!" and a quick fist pump. Investigations How Extremists Weaponize Irony To Spread Hate