Brother+Sharp

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Brother Sharp by: Meng Han Lu

To draw viewer’s attention, the meme “brother sharp” starts with an interesting topic, distinguishing the homeless from hipster. When it comes to the picture “brother sharp”, it becomes mysterious. His appearance confuses the viewers because the hipster style appears on a homeless man. People begin to compare this guy to models and character in the famous Japanese manga, “final fantasy”. Moreover, some well-known movie posters are manipulated by adding brother sharp. Surprisingly, he fits in well in those different images. However, the fairy tale ends and it’s the time to come back to the reality. He is a homeless beggar and also mentally unstable, which makes the whole event become a joke. The story continues as we expect. He was famous but the fame faded when he became a real people like other heroes in the history. The media effect of the Internet makes it happen and also make the bubble burst. The whole video reveals some features about the Internet heroes. Anybody could be a celebrity. However, too many heroes makes it difficult to keep the fame. Yet information spreads faster than ever, the truth is discovered faster than ever in terms of the huge groups of receivers getting involved.