Jean Dujardin Sleeping
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About
Jean Dujardin Sleeping is a photoshop meme that uses a photo of French actor Jean Dujardin laying his head on actor George Clooney's shoulder with his eyes closed.
Origin
On February 6th, 2012, during a luncheon in Beverly Hills, California for Oscar nominees, an AP photographer snapped a photo of actor Jean Dujardin[1] joking around and pretending to fall asleep on George Clooney's[2] shoulder. Both men were attending the luncheon for their nominations in the Best Actor category[13]; Dujardin for his work in The Artist[14] and Clooney for his work in The Descendants.[15] The photo was published on Metro UK[3] the next morning.
The next day, a single topic Tumblr titled Jean Sleeping On People[4] was created by Belgian Tumblr bloggers Jonathan and Roberto[16], who uploaded six photoshopped versions along with the exploitable template of Dujardin's face. The original contributions included Dujardin sleeping on Barack Obama, Batman, and a teletubby.
Spread
On February 12th, Jezebel[5] published a compilation of images from the single topic blog. The next day, more images appeared on humor blogs Blame it on the Voices[6] and Crushable.[7] Over the next several days, the images were featured on news sites including Gizmodo France[8], the Daily Dot[9] and CBS News' Celebrity Circuit[10] as well as the Sundance Channel blog[11] and entertainment blog Molempire.[12]
The images can also be found on Tumblr under the hashtag "Jean Sleeping on People"[17] as well as the tag for Jean Dujardin[18] in general.
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Search Interest
Search for Jean Dujardin began to climb in January 2012, most likely due to his Oscar nomination.
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Jean Dujardin
[2] Wikipedia – George Clooney
[3] Metro.co.uk – George Clooney and Jean Dujardin goof around at Oscars luncheon
[4] Tumblr – Jean Sleeping On People
[5] Jezebel – Jean Dujardin Sleeps With the Best of Them
[6] Blame it on the Voices – Single-serving site/Meme alert: Jean sleeping on people
[7] Crushable – Jean Dujardin Sleeps With Hollywood’s Biggest Celebrities
[8] Gizmodo.fr – Un nouveau mème : Jean Dujardin
[9] The Daily Dot – Oscar nominee Jean Dujardin's sleeping on the competition
[10] CBS News – Jean Dujardin "sleeps" around with the stars
[11] SUNfiltered – We love: Actor Jean Dujardin sleeping on people
[12] Molempire – Jean Dujardin Enjoys Sleeping on People
[13] Wikipedia – Academy Award for Best Actor
[14] Wikipedia – The Artist
[15] Wikipedia – The Descendants
[16] Jean Sleeping On People – About
[17] Tumblr – Posts tagged "Jean Sleeping on People"
[18] Tumblr – Posts tagged "Jean Dujardin"
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Feb 22, 2012 at 05:26PM EST