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Messi (Anatomy Of A Fall Dog) Clapping At The 2024 Oscars
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Messi (Anatomy Of A Fall Dog) Clapping At The 2024 Oscars refers to a moment from the 2024 Oscars (held on March 10th) in which the dog Messi from the film Anatomy of A Fall was shown in a series of videos seemingly clapping its paws among the celebrities in the audience. The moment became a viral reaction video on X / Twitter shortly after, sparking jokes about an apparent feud between the dog and American actor Bradley Cooper and many other ironic captions praising the dog's acting skills.
Origin
On March 10th, 2024, during the 96th Oscars Academy Awards, Messi, the dog who portrayed Snoop, a service dog for a blind boy, in the French legal thriller Anatomy of a Fall, was shown clapping its paws during Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue. The moment was shared on X[1] by @PopBase (shown below), which amassed over 867,000 views and 28,000 likes in a day.
Messi clapping in the #Oscars audience.
pic.twitter.com/kjVZnH5u2K— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 11, 2024
Messi's owner, Laura Martin Contini, posted an image on Instagram[2] showing the fake paws used for the viral video (shown below), as Times Magazine[3] revealed that the clip was prerecorded. The post amassed over 1,000 likes in a day.
On the same day, X[4] user @chrissgardner posted a behind-the-scenes video showing the moment a Messi look-alike was "in front of a camera in the Dolby filing a segment with a small audience" recording the clapping clip. The post (shown below) amassed over 769,000 views and 2,400 likes in a day.
Messi the dog from Anatomy of a Fall was not due to attend the #Oscars but there is a look alike in front of a camera in the Dolby filing a segment with a small audience. pic.twitter.com/cyXwm3z7vU
— Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) March 10, 2024
Spread
Messi clapping his paws clip quickly became a viral reaction video on X as people started to praise the dog's acting skills and joke about his supposed feud with American actor Bradley Cooper. For example, on March 11th, 2024, X[5] user @ZoeRoseBryant posted the Zoolander Stare meme paired with the caption "Messi walking by the publicists who tried to ban him from the Oscars." The post (shown below) amassed over 619,000 views and 29,000 likes in a few hours.
messi walking by the publicists who tried to ban him from the oscars pic.twitter.com/MNm4drCnUa https://t.co/Ill89QtrOG
— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) March 11, 2024
On March 10th, X[6] user @pastapilled posted a video of American actor Robert De Niro crying paired with the caption "Messi is wearing a bow tie?" The post (shown below) garnered over 267,000 views and 12,000 likes in a day.
messi is wearing a bow tie? pic.twitter.com/7EFyCXHhed
— mariana (@pastapilled) March 10, 2024
Various Examples
https://t.co/Mo9KynHLBE pic.twitter.com/n3n55qAgN9
— david (@nosferatru) March 11, 2024
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External References
[2] X – lauraandmessi
[3] Time Magazine – Messi, the Anatomy of a Fall Dog, Caps Show-Stealing Awards Season With Oscars Prank
[4] X – chrissgardner
[5] X – ZoeRoseBryant
[6] X – pastapilled
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