#MillennialAMovie
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About
#MillennialAMovie is a hashtag game in which Twitter users take popular movie titles and slightly edit them to make the films be about the plight of Millennials.
Origin
On October 25th, 2017, Twitter account @TagFemmes[1] tweeted an invitation to Twitter users to play "#MillennialAMovie" as part of popular hashtag-game account, @HashtagRoundup. Their tweet gained 23 retweets and 47 likes.
Spread
Quickly after the introduction of the hashtag, it began trending on Twitter, as thousands of Twitter users added their twist on the game. Moviefone[2] was one of the first media outlets to cover the hashtag, and major outlets including Buzzfeed,[3] Huffington Post,[4] Refinery29,[5] and more. The majority of the jokes were text based and popular examples gained several hundreds of retweets. For example, a joke by @MitchellBader riffing on Star Wars gained over 480 retweets (shown below, left). Another popular joke posted by @edwin_g15 riffed on Get Rich or Die Trying and gained over 330 retweets (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @TagFemmes
[2] Moviefone – The #MillennialAMovie Twitter Hashtag Is the Hilarious Meme You Need Today
[3] Buzzfeed – Twitter Asked People To "Millennial A Movie" And I Literally Can't Even With The Answers
[4] Huffington Post – Your Favorite Movies Just Got An Amusing Millennial Twist
[5] Refinery29 – Twitter Is Renaming Movies With A Millennial Twist
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