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I’m of two minds whether to comment on this Photoshop parody, which I worked hard to create. I had thought to simply let the image speak for itself — perhaps any explanation would only spoil it. But it also seems like a good opportunity to ponder why we love memes, and how they can reveal deep connections between different subject areas — in this case, UK politics and US drug commercials.
US viewers who’ve never heard of Allegra Stratton can get up to speed with this news story:
The Channel 4 story is itself open to parody at the point where they show fake footage of people partying, labeled “reconstruction.” I would have used a scene from Plebs or maybe Black Books (the episode where Fran Katzenjammer and her GFs dance drunkenly to vintage Bananarama). The point is that Allegra Stratton was caught joking about COVID restrictions, and forced to walk the plank so as to take the heat off Boris Johnson, who evinced fake outrage. Continue reading
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