Barack Obama In Conversation With Leonardo DiCaprio
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Barack Obama In Conversation With Leondardo DiCaprio is a photo caption series based on a picture of United States President Barack Obama speaking to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, in which humorous mock quotes are attributed to Obama.
Origin
On September 25th, 2016, the @WhiteHouse[1] Twitter feed posted a photograph of Obama speaking to DiCaprio along with an announcement that the two men would be participating in a "conversation on combating climate change" at the upcoming South by South Lawn (SXSL) event held on October 3rd, 2016. Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 4,800 likes and 2,000 retweets.
Spread
That evening, other Twitter users began retweeting the photo captioned with humorous mock conversations between the two men (shown below).
Meanwhile, Twitter user @darth[3] posted an edited version with Obama holding a bear cub, captioned with a joke about DiCaprio's appearance in the film The Revenant (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the caption series, including BuzzFeed,[4] UpRoxx,[5] Smosh,[6] Coed,[7] Elite Daily[8] and Brobible.[9]
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External References
[1] Twitter – @WhiteHouse
[2] Twitter – @jakebeckman
[4] BuzzFeed – Obama Met Leonardo DiCaprio And It’s Now A Meme
[5] UpRoxx – What Are Leonardo DiCaprio And President Obama Talking About?
[6] Smosh – The Internet Has Turned a Meeting Between President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio Into a Meme
[7] Coed – These Memes Of Obama & Leo Are Making The Internet Great Again
[8] Elite Daily – This Leo DiCaprio And Obama Pic Made Twitter Come Up With Epic Fake Convos
[9] Brobible – The Internet Memed The Shit Out Of This Picture Of Leonardo DiCaprio
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