I know clickbait is a feature of the media we all have to deal with these days (we should know), but sometimes certain outlets can really take the piss with it, like this bizarre Tweet/headline from the NY Post earlier…
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Leonardo DiCaprio unrecognizable in first photos of new Scorsese film https://t.co/IZ08MWqbT8 pic.twitter.com/N7TFJyrsSs
— New York Post (@nypost) May 10, 2021
Unrecognisable? Umm pretty sure anyone with a functioning pair of eyes can tell that’s Leo DiCaprio from a mile away. Naturally, Twitter let them have it with some classic memeing and good old fashion internet roasting:
Not sure if I’m comfortable with Leonardo DiCaprio playing a Native woman https://t.co/XKZToHkgGA
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) May 10, 2021
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) May 10, 2021
— christhebarker (@christhebarker) May 10, 2021
Nah I can see him: that’s him right there pic.twitter.com/PLW17lgCHZ
— Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism) May 10, 2021
Me recognizing Leonardo DiCaprio in the photos from the new Scorsese film pic.twitter.com/zONGdrzYij
— sam y’all (@samiamrosenberg) May 11, 2021
When Superman puts on his glasses do you guys go “Clarke Kent you’re not going to fucking believe who was just here”
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 10, 2021
I don’t know man, I can’t seem to find him pic.twitter.com/vMAe6GBjDB
— Gareth Olver 〓〓 (@GBO26) May 11, 2021
Is he the one that looks like Leonardo DiCaprio ?
— (@conkerhimself) May 10, 2021
Remember @nypost you only get 3 chances before your editor gets locked out… pic.twitter.com/mlh79WaooY
— AJ (@aniljain01) May 11, 2021
It took me about 45 minutes but I think I’m in the case. pic.twitter.com/HowDYlv8KY
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 10, 2021
He’s more recognizable in this role than he is in real life. pic.twitter.com/wBnE6OywVp
— Half An Onion (@HalfOnionInABag) May 10, 2021
Hey @nypost, I don’t think you made it hard enough. Let me give it a try. pic.twitter.com/5VNyPWAuuM
— Thomas A. Fine (@thomasafine) May 10, 2021
Umm what? Are you drunk?
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) May 10, 2021
Lol. I just love how literally every single person who thought that Tweet had the same thought and went down in the comments to let the NY Post know it.
What’s worth noting though is that this blatant BS clickbait brought the Tweet and article heaps more engagement than it would have if they had just captioned it ‘new photos of Leo DiCaprio from set of new movie’ or whatever. Maybe these journos know what they’re doing after all.
The new Scorsese movie in question is ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’, which also stars Jesse Plemons and Robert DiCaprio. Here’s a synopsis via Deadline:
Based on David Grann’s bestseller and set in 1920s Oklahoma, Killers of the Flower Moon depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.
Sounds pretty great to me. For a closer look at the casting, click HERE.
