The INSIDER Summary:
- Meryl Streep looks like she's shouting in this picture.
- People are filling out song verses as a caption.
- It's not the first time Meryl Streep became a meme.
Almost more often than not, Meryl Streep is nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2015, she was nominated for her supporting role in "Into the Woods," where she plays a witch.
She lost to Patricia Arquette for her role in "Boyhood," but the internet was determined to make her a winner anyway. It turned a moment from the 2015 SAG Awards into a meme.
In the still from the awards broadcast, Streep is cupping her hands around her mouth to project something she's shouting.
It kind of looks like she's joining a song verse.
Nelly: "If u wanna go and get high with me, smoke a L in the back of the benz-E, oh why must I feel this way?
Me:"AYYE, MUST BE THE MONEY!"pic.twitter.com/pqhQAqi1CQ
— hue. (@hueysupreme) March 18, 2017
A$ap. Ferg: "Coogi down to the socks like I'm Big Poppa"
Me: "Baaaaaaaaby"pic.twitter.com/sd5i9C7MJv
— Uncle Tussy 👴🏾 (@Tusslindo) March 17, 2017
DJ at middle school dance: TO THE WINDOWWWW
154 7th graders: TO THE WALL pic.twitter.com/Vr7nukvUAD
— Caro (@socarolinesays) March 19, 2017
hayley kiyoko: saw your face, heard your name, gotta get with you
me: GIRLS LIKE GIRLS LIKE BOYS DO NOTHING NEW pic.twitter.com/p3fwhiTyzc
— ㅤ (@ajanaomis) March 19, 2017
Timbaland: promiscuous girl wherever you are I'm all alone & it's you that I want
Me: PROMISCUOUS BOYYY..YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT IM ALL YOURS pic.twitter.com/MJPjjYfK3k
— Samer / سامر (@WaladShami) March 19, 2017
The Killers: It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
Me: IT WAS ONLY A KISS IT WAS ONLY A KISS pic.twitter.com/pDsShTLWzc
— erika is okay. (@erikaofthestate) March 19, 2017
Britney: my loneliness is killin me
Me: AND I!
Britney: I must confess, I still believe
Me: STILL BELIEVE! pic.twitter.com/VSvdcsepKK
— EMANUEL (@blingspice) March 18, 2017
meryl streep: mamma mia
me: HERE I GO AGAIN pic.twitter.com/ZBZlLT0XPr
— sewer sidal (@NATALlAROMAN0VA) March 19, 2017Sometimes the meme involves getting the lyrics wrong.
Missy: I put my thang down flip it and reverse it
me: ITS YER FRIMMA NIPPA FRAN YET pic.twitter.com/xjKw5twlnW
— Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) March 20, 2017
Fall Out Boy: I'm just a notch in your bed post
Me: BUT YOUR JUST A LIME IN THE SUN pic.twitter.com/aNi1N9yeLB
— Rachael Krishna (@RachaelKrishna) March 20, 2017
Alicia Keys: IN NEW YOOOOOORK
Me: CONCRETE JUNGLE WET DREAM TOMAAAAATO pic.twitter.com/9VM4tXytHs
— 🇻🇨 Apologen 🇱🇷 (@MissZindzi) March 18, 2017It also looks like she could be yelling a slogan from a commerical.
TV Commercial: Get connected, for free....
Me:
WITH EDUCATION CONNECTION!!! pic.twitter.com/U74zK0VaTO
— Meryl Memes (@MerylMemes) March 19, 2017
Tv: "If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma..."
Me: "YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO FINANCIAL COMPENSATION"pic.twitter.com/8TddRsVkqS
— wairimu (@julietselassie) March 19, 2017People have highlighted Meryl's expression since over a year ago, when now-Entertainment Weekly editor Joey Nolfi recalled Streep being "Awards Season Hype Girl." It's not really clear why the moment resurfaced this weekend.
This is, of course, far from the only time Meryl Streep has become a meme. In fact, that's not the only time from that awards season. When Patricia Arquette won the best supporting actress Oscar for her role in "Boyhood" (again, beating out Streep for "Into the Woods") Arquette used her speech to discuss the importance of equal pay for women. Streep and Jennifer Lopez hooted and applauded in approval.
Streep's lively expression also achieved memedom during this year's Oscars, when "Moonlight" won best picture after "La La Land" was announced as the winner.
Meryl Streep: still acting the most, even in a real life crisis pic.twitter.com/iczsyZwvzZ
— Andrew Chow (@andrewrchow) February 27, 2017Join the conversation about this story »
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