Cheer

About

Cheer is a documentary series on Netflix following the cheerleading team of the Navarro College Bulldogs ahead of the National Cheerleading Championships. The series goes into the history of competitive cheerleading and follows several individual members of the squad. The series proved popular with critics, netting a high score on Rotten Tomatoes.

History

Cheer was created by Greg Whiteley after he saw the spirit of cheerleaders while filming Last Chance U.^[1] The series features six hour-long episodes following Texas community college Navarro ahead of the National Cheerleading Championships. A trailer for the series debuted January 6th, 2020, and the show was released on the 8th.

Reception

The series was highly praised upon release, netting a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes.^[2] Critics praised the show's engrossing narrative and storytelling. NPR both praised the way she felt engaged with the main characters and felt happy when they achieved success, but also expressed a sense of relief that they were no longer part of the very demanding program.^[3]

Online Presence

The series has been grown a fandom online from people who found themselves unexpectedly addicted to the show. Junkee^[4] compiled a list of tweets from viewers who found themselves loving the series. Popular examples include a tweet by @RubyLeeWrites that gained over 280 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @simmons_cm that gained over 200 retweets and 620 likes (shown below, right).

The cast was later invited to perform on The Ellen Show (shown below).

Related Memes

It's A Dog Eat Dog World

On March 27th, 2019, Patrick Avard of Cheer Music Pro uploaded "Navarro College Bulldogs 2018-19" to YouTube (shown below). The song was used in their Daytona routine.^[5]

Daytona Routine

On January 28th, 2020, TikToker user @wesley.padilla uploaded tge Navaro College Cheer song and practiced their routine in a video (shown below, left). The video gained over 34,600 likes in three weeks. On February 9th, TikToker @tttyrone96 uploaded a video in which they try to perform their routine (shown below, center). The video received over 47,600 likes in 11 days. On February 15th, TikTok user @jadenbarba also performed a cheer routine using the sound clip (shown below, right).

How I Feel

On February 7th, 2020, TikTok users began using the "morph" filter to compare themselves to certain cheerleaders on the show. That day, TikTok user @5pedknee compared herself to Lexi Brumback with the caption, "How I feel when I skip lacross workouts and go home and hit my juul" (shown below, left). The video gained over 152,600 likes in 13 days. On February 9th, TikToker @kyrasfun compared herself to Gabi Butler (shown below, center). The next day, TikToker @lexicaun compared herself to Morgan Simianer with the caption, "How I feel when I push through my broken ribs to continue cheering but I end up devloping a tumor" (shown below, right). The video garnered over 54,600 likes in 10 days.

Search Interest

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