In 1998, writer Rick Polito summed up the plot of Wizard of Oz for a TV magazine using a bit of a different angle on the classic movie:
«Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first woman she meets, then teams up with three complete strangers to kill again.»
14 years later, that synopsis made it’s round on the web and went viral thanks to someone posting it on reddit in 2012. It became so popular that Polito thought it would “follow him to the grave“. He might actually be right – then the meme just came back on Twitter and is more popular than ever. Just that know everybody is contributing their own quirky synopses at the rate of more than 200’000 tweets per day.
Here are some of my favourites, curated for your pleasure:
Racially diverse group journeys to a volcano to destroy jewellery. #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/6te03PczbI
— LOTR Reactions (@LOTRReactss) September 6, 2014
Man has his family killed, his son abducted and tries to rescue him with a woman with memory deficiency as his ally. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly
— Christian Heilmann (@codepo8) September 6, 2014
A white boy in England is told he is special. Then he goes to a private school. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly pic.twitter.com/DcnFagcXqo
— Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) September 6, 2014
Guy drops out of college, builds a website. #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/Wt5ITWxhwp
— Alexia Tsotsis (@alexia) September 7, 2014
#explainafilmplotbadly lady tells grandkids that a random shag meant more than their grandfather, then chucks a blue stone in the sea.
— Max Rogers (@max_rogers) September 6, 2014
Young woman traveling on business is disappointed in room service. #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/ZTnUBLRfiU
— Mark Winslow (@WinstonUK) September 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/JoshHughesIA/status/508481114424754176
Abandoned son gets revenge by destroying his father's house. #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/vzs3rBDtNr
— Ryan Condal (@WrathOfCondal) September 6, 2014
A man lures children into his factory and disposes of them using the last of an enslaved race. #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/RelxrvQzqm
— Alex Bensen (@AlexcBensen) September 7, 2014
Teenage girl slaughters children and tries to convince her friend to commit suicide #explainafilmplotbadly pic.twitter.com/3B8zCKPC41
— Dave Moore (@DJPMoore) September 7, 2014
Want to see more? Explore the meme on twitter.