55 Minute Standing Ovation From Me In My Living Room

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55 Minute Standing Ovation From Me In My Living Room is a copypasta meme using the phrasal template "BREAKING NEWS: X just received a 55 minute standing ovation from me in my living room after watching it for the 200th time." The meme, which was popularized on X Twitter in September 2024, references and parodies news headlines about movies at the Cannes Film Festival receiving notably long standing ovations, with the length of the ovation often being seen as a signifier of the film's quality.

Origin

Some films shown at the annual Cannes Film Festival are known to receive lengthy standing ovations, with the length of those standing ovations often being touted as a sign of the film's quality. As of 2024, the longest known standing ovation at Cannes, according to IndieWire,^[1] was for the 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth, which received a 22-minute long ovation after screening.

On September 3rd, 2024, X^[2] user @VampireDess posted, "BREAKING: Damien Leone’s Terrifier just received a 40 minute standing ovation from me in my living room after viewing it for the 100th time," garnering over 1,900 likes in a week. This is the earliest known example of the copypasta.

Spread

The copypasta gained viral spread on X over the following days. On September 7th, 2024, X^[3] user @SammyJReacts posted an image of the poster for Spider-Man 2, writing, "BREAKING NEWS: Spider-Man 2 just received a 55 minute standing ovation from me in my living room after watching it for the 200th time," garnering over 228,000 likes in four days.

On September 8th, the official @letterboxd X^[4] account posted a version of the meme about the Clue movie, garnering over 40,000 likes in three days. On the same day, X^[5] user @joshcarlosjosh posted a version about The Lord of the Rings trilogy, garnering over 55,000 likes in three days.

On September 10th, the official @flavortown X^[6] account posted a version of the meme about Guy Fieri's show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, garnering over 4,200 likes in a day. On September 11th, a Redditor made a post to /r/OutOfTheLoop^[7] asking about the meme, garnering over 200 upvotes in under a day.