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The Brief: A scene from Greta Gerwig’s 2019 film adaptation of the classic 1868 novel Little Women has become a meme: Laurie (Timothée Chalamet) professes his love for Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) and asks for her hand in marriage; she rejects him, pleading “I can’t.”
Little Women is a classic story about growing up, and part of growing up is getting messy when it comes to love. The book and film’s protagonist, Jo March, is adored by her rich neighbor, Laurie, who is in turn loved by her little sister Amy. It’s a whole thing. In the recent Greta Gerwig adaptation, Jo is played by Saoirse Ronan and Laurie is played by Timothée Chalamet.
The two actors have undeniable chemistry, and in the scene where Laurie confesses his love and his desire to marry Jo so they can live happily ever after, that chemistry becomes combustible.
— e (@debickix) January 19, 2020
“I can’t, I can’t” Jo insists. “I’ve tried it, I can’t.”
The clip of the emotional moment was shared by Twitter user @debickix and it immediately became a big ole joke on Twitter. Everyone is sharing the clip along with the things they’ve tried, but just can’t do. They’re all actually pretty relatable. We’re all Jo sometimes, and unfortunately, we’re all also sometimes Laurie.
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— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) February 18, 2020
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When people ask me to write a song without the lyric “She said…”
pic.twitter.com/gB05mJAPPL— Ḿå℟₭ (@markhoppus) February 17, 2020
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Tracy Turnblad when she tries to stop the beat pic.twitter.com/aiyQzmcP6X
— John Robert Allman (@Johnny_Allman) February 17, 2020
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Me in 2013 to my mom after she suggested finding a job on LinkedIn pic.twitter.com/vijNp1AW3H
— Carey O’Donnell (@ecareyo) February 17, 2020
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trying to write a sentence without an em dash pic.twitter.com/hWhsOsJlN3
— Alison Herman (@aherman2006) February 17, 2020
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Me trying to do a meme pic.twitter.com/KRBn8RBwva
— pat regan (@poregan) February 17, 2020
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“Why don’t you just delete twitter?” pic.twitter.com/gIBaRMn7I7
— Dave Jorgenson 🥛 (@davejorgenson) February 17, 2020
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me when someone suggests i simply take coffee cups out of my car when i’m done drinking them instead of letting my car become a giant trash can
— Dana Donnelly (@danadonly) February 17, 2020
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Trying to go to bed at a reasonable time instead of tweetingpic.twitter.com/UXGKbVOG6J
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) February 17, 2020
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Me in 2013 to my mom after she suggested finding a job on LinkedIn pic.twitter.com/vijNp1AW3H
— Carey O’Donnell (@ecareyo) February 17, 2020
