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‘Bird Box’ memes birth ‘can’t hear, can’t speak, can’t see’ supermeme

It's actually a great triple feature.

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Posted on Dec 31, 2018   Updated on May 20, 2021, 10:30 pm CDT

The Netflix original film Bird Box has been having a good week—according to Netflix. While the Sandra Bullock thriller wasn’t necessarily critically acclaimed, over the holiday it became a meme, and now it’s mutated even further, giving way to the “can’t hear, can’t speak, can’t see meme.”

Combine Bird Box, in which people try to survive a mysterious monster by blindfolding themselves; this summer’s A Quiet Place, in which people try to survive monsters attuned to sound; and Mike Flanagan’s 2016 thriller Hush, in which a writer who is deaf tries to thwart a serial killer in her home, and you’ve got a supermeme that also makes for a pretty good triple feature.

https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1079533523810299905

https://twitter.com/oops_i_exist/status/1079571395196026880

A few people even roped in another meme-ready Netflix title, the interactive Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

https://twitter.com/daddieaubergine/status/1078798188482646017

Last week, Netflix denied that it was spreading Bird Box memes, after several Twitter users claimed bot accounts were pushing them out. The @NetflixFilm account also tweeted that more than 45 million accounts had watched Bird Box in its first seven days, a figure tallied from viewers watching at least 70 percent of the film. Netflix did not give any further details.

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*First Published: Dec 31, 2018, 10:58 am CST

Audra Schroeder

Audra Schroeder is the Daily Dot’s senior entertainment writer, and she focuses on streaming, comedy, and music. Her work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice. She is based in Austin, Texas.

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