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I don’t know about you, but for me, this week was bad. It was really bad! Truly, there’s nothing quite like working on the internet, covering internet news, all while the internet insists on reminding you, every single minute of your day, just how enthusiastic the people running your country are about putting sexual abusers in power. Boy, is it bad!
Ironically, this miserable fact is also how the best memes are born. The highest-quality memers online today — much like offline traditional comedians — do two things exceptionally well:
And that’s what the person behind Elara Pictures’ Instagram account did when they mashed up Supreme Court nominee and alleged attempted rapist Brett Kavanaugh’s braying confirmation hearing testimony with the iconic Big Kahuna Burger scene from Pulp Fiction, in which Samuel L. Jackson’s character Jules Winnfield masterfully demolishes a man named Brett. Please watch, for your health:
I might have gotten a little bit choked up watching this! Its virality is a testament to how perfect a pairing it is — and how badly we all needed to watch Samuel L. Jackson humiliate the powerful white men behind this circus. Let it buoy you through the weekend, friends. You deserve it.
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