Irishman Miniseries Viewing Guide

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About

The Irishman Miniseries Viewing Guide refers to a viral tweet made in November 2019 about the Netflix film The Irishman. The post offers suggestions for chapter breaks in the three-and-a-half hour film, becoming the subject of criticism, praise and mockery online.

Origin

On November 28th, 2019, Twitter ^[1] user @dunerfors tweeted, "I created a viewing guide for everyone who thinks THE IRISHMAN is too damn long for one night. You're welcome!" The tweet received more than 16,000 likes and 4,100 retweets in less than one week (shown below).

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Following the post, many criticized the idea of breaking up the film. Twitter^[2] user @annaswnsn tweeted, "have these people considered that they can treat The Irishman like a series and then just binge watch it all in one night like they do with fucking stranger things or whatever." The tweet received more than 3,600 likes and 575 retweets in less than two weeks (shown below, left).

Others made parody versions of the viewer guide. Twitter^[3] user @nicolewboyce tweeted, "I created a viewing guide for everyone who thinks The Irishman is too long for one night. Here's how to watch it as 2,090 vines." The tweet received more than 7,500 likes and 1,700 retweets in less than one week (shown below, center). Twitter^[4] user @GonzaloRCordova tweeted, "I created a viewing guide for everyone who thinks THE IRISHMAN should be watched as a Quibi series. You're welcome! #scorsese #theirishman" (shown below, right).