Why Is Marjane Satrapi Trending? The Internet Is Obsessed With Her Hilarious Roast of a Historical Figure
San Francisco, CA - In what can only be described as the ultimate intellectual mic drop, author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has suddenly become the internet’s favorite comeback queen. The Persepolis creator didn’t release a new graphic novel or film—she just casually unloaded a brutally funny, deadpan takedown of a major historical figure during a random press interview, and the clip broke containment. Meme lords are now splicing her iconic, unimpressed facial expressions from the interview with images of angry dictators, creating a new format: The Satrapi Stare. The irony? A woman who wrote a book about surviving an Islamic revolution is now trending because she made Ben Shapiro’s ancestors look bad with a single, poetic sigh.