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pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
Wed Jun 5, 2013, 07:25 PM Jun 2013

The Grumpy Cat meme

is a harbinger of the apocalypse



Producers Todd Garner and Sean Robins have snapped up rights to grumpy cat, somehow packaging his furry frown into a narrative. On its face, this scenario seems even less promising than the "Shit My Dad Says" TV series, which was based on a popular Twitter account and is now mostly remembered as a punchline on Community. But there are a lot of good reasons why Hollywood wants to commodify this meme.
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