Angelina Jolie's right leg has been everywhere since she first stepped out on the red carpet at the 84th Annual Academy Awards last Sunday night.
In case you missed it, Angelina was presenting the award for best adapted screenplay while she boldly placed her hands on her hips and poked her right leg out, emphasizing the high slit in her Versace gown. Jim Rash, who won the award for The Descendants then imitated the pose while accepting the award. He later told E! News "As soon as I saw her, I said 'God, if we went up there... that's a great way to own the moment,' because thats what I thought she was doing."
It sparked so much controversy, that it even got its own Twitter account called @AngiesRightLeg, which has around 36,000 followers. The next day, people were photographing and sharing pictures of themselves with the infamous pose under hashtag #Joliening. Soon after that, a blog was created on Tumblr called 'Angelina Joile'ing' for more people to upload their pictures.
It's even been superimposed across the web into various pictures. The users of the site Buzzfeed, has photoshopped her leg into iconic pictures like in the scene of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, The Beatles Abbey Road album cover, the Statue of Liberty, the moon landing and The Last Supper. They like to call it "legbombing."
Even talk shows got into the fun. Guliana Rancic on E!, Kelly Ripa with Lucy Liu on Live! and the hosts of "The Talk," all imitated the pose.
Not everyone thought it was all fun and games, Joan Rivers bashed the celeb saying "Angelina Jolie looked like a fool the way she posed. She took herself right out of the superstar catagory because you now realize she stands in front of a mirror to figure out what she looks like." Joan Rivers also dubbed her worst dress on her show, "Fashion Police."
No one knows how long this phenomenon will go on, but I can't help but to sit back and laugh on what society goes crazy about. What could possibly be next???
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