This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.
There are no winners in this Academy Award moment. Even those who took home Oscars had their achievement overshadowed by Will Smith’s startling assault on Chris Rock. When the internet should’ve been buzzing about Troy Kotsur winning the second Oscar awarded to a Deaf performer, Ariana DeBose being the first openly queer woman of colour to take one home, or Jane Campion being only the third woman to win for Best Director, it was instead saturated by hot takes, memes and outrage – either for or against Rock’s joke or Smith’s reaction – in an ongoing feedback loop between broadcaster, viewer and meme-maker, which played out in real time during the ceremony.
Know Your Meme break down how the moment went viral on the internet. Video via Know Your Meme's YouTune channel.
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The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
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digital screen recording @CaseyBriggs' TikTok