Meryl Streep didn’t take home another Oscar on Sunday night, but she did inspire a new meme. Well, it’s actually an updated version of an old meme.
Last year, fans turned a screenshot of Streep expressing her admiration for Debbie Reynolds during the 2015 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards ceremony into a meme of themselves finishing song lyrics.
The Killers: It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this?
— erika™ (@erikaofthestate) March 19, 2017
Me: IT WAS ONLY A KISS IT WAS ONLY A KISS pic.twitter.com/pDsShTLWzc
Streep graced the internet Sunday night with an updated photo of her to use for the classic Shouting Meryl Streep meme. Fans took notice and didn’t miss an opportunity to re-meme the 68-year-old actress.
https://twitter.com/meanpIastic/status/970512828657385473
meryl streep is about that life #oscars pic.twitter.com/Xq6m32eAlJ
— ziwe (@ziwe) March 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/dracomallfoys/status/970482660429783040
https://twitter.com/scarlettf4ncy/status/970478152727322624
I need to know what Meryl is yelling when she does this
— michaela angemeer (@michaelwithana) March 5, 2018
Is it just a woo? Something more? pic.twitter.com/MgcxeZbtPd
https://twitter.com/tsssniall_/status/970504841649934338
https://twitter.com/PameCarolinaa/status/970509769634123777
In other news, folks on Twitter also thought Streep looked an awful lot like the fairy godmother from Shrek 2.
https://twitter.com/noelledelpreto/status/970519317732306945
https://twitter.com/TowerwhiteDani/status/970466810368729088
mERYL STREEP TRULY DID THAT #Oscars pic.twitter.com/voi4cAKE22
— laura ✨ (@lausfilmcorner) March 5, 2018
These spot the difference games are getting harder. Meryl Streep or Fairy Godmother? pic.twitter.com/uyf0Qpytkb
— Soup of the Day (@Campbell_Rahrig) March 5, 2018
omg @Lindseykupfer pointed out that Meryl Streep looks like the Fairy Godmother from “Shrek 2” tonight and I may never recover pic.twitter.com/4Muw5Hta1C
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 5, 2018
Streep was nominated for best actress for her role as Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham in The Post. She’s the most nominated actor in the history of the Academy Awards with 21 nominations and three wins. And she knows how to update her own meme, which deserves a separate award.
