Posted on 06/24/2021 2:02:31 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Karen’, a main character in pop culture, is now officially a real main character in an upcoming movie.
Video clips of white women being racist and disturbing the public have popped up all across the country, with this type of person being dubbed a ‘Karen.’
It’s become such a common label, that the name dropped in popularity for newborns in 2020.
that, a chaotic moment in an otherwise normal day, the movie trailer shows what can happen from prolonged exposure to a ‘Karen’ who has deep dark motives. And people aren’t excited about it.
No one asked for a movie about a murderous Karen,” one Twitter user wrote.
The movie is described as a thriller and stars Taryn Manning of ‘Orange is the New Black’ fame playing the titular character.
The trailer starts with Karen displaying multiple microaggressions, like pointing out that her new neighbors are a Black couple, threatening them that she will go to the manager if they don’t quiet down at a restaurant, and installing several security cameras aimed at the couple’s home.
But the couple, played by Cory Hardrict and Jasmine Burke, aren’t Karen’s only targets. And her behavior gets really dark, really fast.
The internet is not impressed, nor terrified.
Many Twitter users compared it to an SNL skit or some kind of parody.
meme, and even less thrilled by the movie’s name.
Now I’ve seen everything. 😳
There’s a horror / thriller movie coming out this year called Karen. 😱
Thanks, Hollywood. 😒
From,
A nice Karen (really!) pic.twitter.com/RX0ut8hn8n
— Karen Freberg • #SMprof • Author • Consultant (@kfreberg) June 22, 2021 The movie doesn’t shy away from its meme inspiration.
“Wait, we have a white entitled neighbor named… Karen?” Burke’s character, Imani, says.
Some people feel it’s a bit too on-the-nose. “It’s like someone took every woke stereotype and fear-mongering about race relations and put it into a blender without nuance or subtlety,” another Twitter user said.
The full movie will be available to watch in September 2021.
>>Video clips of white women being racist and disturbing the public have popped up all across the country, with this type of person being dubbed a ‘Karen.
Nope. The pejorative use of Karen existed before it was “used” to describe racist women.
I thought it was a name for mask nazis.
To me ‘Karen’ has only good associations. I never knew a Karen who wasn’t cute. Perhaps being attractive makes certain people angry.
Now do Latishawanda.
Now I want a gummy Krabby Patty... 🥺
Just curious . . . does this “Karen” attend Trump rallies?
Karens and Kens also hate unvaxxed people..
There is no racial component to the “Karen” — there are are white Karens, black Karens, asian Karens, etc. They are simply busy-bodies who have been empowered by the government which has made their nosy scold act into a virtue. Their common attribute is that they say things like: “Will you pull your mask up over your nose, please?”
Karen’s come in all shades
A BET original movie. What a surprise.
“Karens and Kens also hate unvaxxed people..”
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The Karens I’ve encouraged have hated COVID-19 vaccinated people and claim we’re all going to suffer horrible, BUT DELAYED (don’t cha know), complications and likely deaths as will our children. The same Karens used to tell us to ‘trust the Plan’ and ‘trust Sessions’.
Perhaps, in the movie, Karen will track down the vaccinated and do horrible things to them.
In the 1960s such busybodies were known as Gladys (on Bewitched).
And the “may I speak to the manager” haircut women had no “name” until it was merged with the “Karen” moniker much later.
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢.
How do you write a screenplay for a 90 minute movie about an obese woman brawling on Black Friday, or in a Popeye’s?
‘Encouraged’ should have been ‘encountered’.
I didn’t last for half of the cringey trailer.
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