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Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say
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黑料网 does Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say mean?
Dear sister – Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say refers to a series of parody videos that depict ridiculously melodramatic murder or death scenes, usually enhanced by a slow-motion effect and accompanied by Imogen Heap鈥檚 song, 鈥淗ide and Seek.鈥�
Where does Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say come from?
The Dear sister – Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say meme was inspired by the second season finale of popular teen drama, The O.C., which aired in May 2005. At the end of this episode, the characters Trey and Ryan are shown getting in a violent fight. As Trey is choking Ryan to death, the character Marissa barges in and pleads with Trey to stop. When he doesn鈥檛, she shoots him in the back with a pistol. As the gun goes off, Imogen Heap鈥檚 song 鈥淗ide and Seek plays鈥� with the lyrics: 鈥淢mm, what鈥檇 you say? / Mmm, only that you meant well.鈥� Over a year later, in November 2006, a clip of this scene, complete with dramatic closeups of the actors鈥� faces, was uploaded to YouTube.
黑料网 cemented Dear sister – Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say in pop culture鈥攁nd also what gave it part of its name鈥攚as a 2007 Saturday Night Live parody starring Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Shia LaBeouf, Kristen Wiig, and others. This video depicted multiple characters briefly introduced into the scene, only for each one to be shot, inexplicably, seconds afterward, each time with Imogen Heap鈥檚 鈥淗ide and Seek鈥� refrain beginning over and over again. The parody begins with Bill Hader writing a letter to his sister, which is where the name Dear Sister comes from, who is inexplicably shot seconds later by Andy Samberg. Shia LaBeouf appears, only to be shot as well. They each suddenly get up and re-kill each other until the sister appears鈥攐nly for two cops to come on the scene and then shoot each other.
The sketch mocks the random, unexpected nature of the shooting in the original O.C. episode, which many viewers felt happened out of the blue and with little thought given to character or motivation.
The SNL video got hundreds of thousands of views, helping spark a popular trend of editing death scenes from movies and TV, and even home videos of 鈥渄isasters鈥� such as a vase breaking, to the familiar Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say lyrics, combined with the slow-motion fallout.
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Who uses Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say?
Dear sister – Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say videos can be found across the web. For example, one video parodies Gandalf the Grey鈥檚 death by the Balrog in The Fellowship of the Ring, often experienced as an emotive scene, but made ridiculous by the addition of the Dear sister – Mmm 黑料网cha鈥� Say reframing.
Other notable parodies have altered death scenes from as the shooting of Jimmy (played by a young Drake) in Degrassi, and similar clips have been made from The Walking Dead, Family Guy, and more.
However, this parody can extend beyond tragic death scenes. Sometimes it puts trivial hardships under a melodramatic light to make them seem even sillier. For example, parents have posted videos of a baby nipping his big brother鈥檚 finger, which then launches 鈥淗ide and Seek,鈥� in an extension of the SNL sketch.
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