Meryl Streep Drinking In A Robe

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Meryl Streep Drinking In A Robe refers to a viral video clip of actor Meryl Streep singing "Ladies Who Lunch" in a live stream celebrating musical theater composer Stephen Sondheim's 90th birthday in April 2020. The stream, which recorded broadway stars at home during the coronavirus outbreak, features Meryl Streep drinking from the bottle in a bathrobe which led to many viewers who commented on the clip's relatability on Twitter.

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On April 26th 2020, the Broadwaycom YouTube account streamed "Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration" (shown below). The video garnered over 1,1 million views and 20,000 likes in two days. Meryl Streep was featured singing "Ladies Who Lunch," from Stephen Sondheim's musical Company with two co-stars.

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On April 26th, 2020, Twitter user @mirxndapriestly^[2] posted two screenshots of Streep drinking from the bottle on the stream with the caption, "Meryl Streep is our eternal mood. Period" (shown below). The tweet gained over 8,100 likes and 2,600 retweets in two days.

That same day, Twitter user @dobbypfvr uploaded a clip from the stream and added the caption, "Meryl Streep and her ability of playing all of us in quarantine wow her power" which received over 19,100 views and 340 likes in two days (shown below).

The next day, Twitter user @ditzkoff uploaded a GIF of Streep drinking and added the caption, "when it's Monday (?) morning" (shown below). The tweet accumulated over 2,100 likes and 380 retweets in a day. Bustle^[1] uploaded an article on the meme.

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