Paul's "Da 5 Bloods" Dance

About

Paul's Da 5 Bloods Dance refers to a series of reaction and remix videos featuring a clip of the character Paul dancing from the 2020 Vietnam War drama film Da 5 Bloods.

Origins

On June 12th, 2020, Netflix released the Vietnam War film Da 5 Bloods.^[1] In the film, he and his friends, four American Vietnam War veterans, dance at a club when they reunite in Vietnam (clip below).

That day, Twitter user @etweetin tweeted an isolated clip of the character Paul (portrayed by Delroy Lindo) dancing. The post received more than 352,000 views, 865 likes and 280 retweets in less than one week (shown below).

go ‘head, Mr. Lindo!🕺🏿#Da5Bloods #delroylindo pic.twitter.com/b8nykUjT6y

— e👩🏾‍🚀 (@etweetin) June 13, 2020

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That day, Twitter user @UncleRichardJr_ tweeted the video with the caption, "When you go take that first pee after bottomless mimosas." The tweet received more than 21,000 likes and 9,200 retweets in less than one week (shown below).

When you go take that first pee after bottomless mimosas pic.twitter.com/hJNZbN6ifb

— mom (@UncleRichardJr_) June 13, 2020

On June 16th, Complex^[2] published a report on the meme.

On June 17th, Da 5 Bloods director Spike Lee posted the clip. The post received more than 417,000 views and 113,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Various Examples

pic.twitter.com/iygqyOVelN

— Obelisk of Wokeness (@SweatyKeef) June 16, 2020

My contribution to the thread pic.twitter.com/riGMzAcbJS

— Tito's Santana 🏁🏁🏁 (@Im_VelvetJones) June 16, 2020

Search Interest

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