Actual Person vs Netflix Casting

Text on the meme

Actual person vs. Netflix casting 😬 Saw a preview for the Netflix show Painkiller about Purdue Pharma and noticed the story's intrepid, wily hero Edie Flowers is a black girlboss Fed prosecutor who singe-handedly takes down the Sackler family, and thought it was weird that I'd never heard of this person and that...

What it means

The meme compares the supposed real-life person behind Edie Flowers with Netflix’s casting of her as a Black female prosecutor in Painkiller. The joke is that Edie Flowers is largely a fictional or composite character, so the exaggerated casting and heroic description make the adaptation seem bizarrely invented. It is used to mock inaccurate dramatizations and “girlboss” historical storytelling.

Who

Edie Flowers (Painkiller) / Эди Флауэрс («Ломка»)Uzo Aduba (Узо Адуба)

Objects

man in a suit / мужчина в костюме Black woman with dreadlocks / темнокожая женщина с дредами striped suit / полосатый костюм white shirt / белая рубашка tie / галстук microphones / микрофоны podium / трибуна office interior / интерьер офиса framed painting / картина в рамке social media post / публикация в соцсети split-screen comparison / сравнение на разделённом экране text caption / текстовая подпись