Hometown Mentioned in the News

Text on the meme

How it feels seeing your hometown mentioned on the news: (Six people were murdered)

What it means

A rapid montage shows formally dressed men enthusiastically clapping and gesturing while Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” plays. The joke is the absurdly celebratory reaction to hearing that one’s hometown is in the news, even though the news is about six murders; it is used as a darkly ironic reaction meme for misplaced hometown pride. EN: A rapid montage shows formally dressed men enthusiastically clapping and gesturing while Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” plays. The joke is the absurdly celebratory reaction to hearing that one’s hometown is in the news, even though the news is about six murders; it is used as a darkly ironic reaction meme for misplaced hometown pride.

Speech

For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself?

Sound

♪ Frank Sinatra — My Way

music / музыка

Who

Ryan Gosling (Райан Гослинг)

Objects

formally dressed men / официально одетые мужчины men clapping / аплодирующие мужчины black suits / чёрные костюмы white shirts / белые рубашки bow tie / галстук-бабочка audience / публика theater seats / театральные кресла stage lights / сценические огни dark auditorium / тёмный зал microphone / микрофон news caption / новостная подпись