Check out some of the early irreverent tweets:
— Horse Washington (@stodgeoff) January 5, 2017
"of course you don't like my hat. not everyone 'gets' what vetements is doing. but i do. i'm very young." pic.twitter.com/i0pdtYVzbF
— Alex Alvarez (@soalexgoes) January 4, 2017
cardinal: behold. a new pope has been chosen
young pope: it's not smoke it's vapor— dan mentos (@DanMentos) January 6, 2017
Take me down to the Vatican City
Where the Pope is young and the tone is gritty— Alicia Kraft (@TheAliciaKraft) January 5, 2017
Into this The Young Pope spinoff pic.twitter.com/fLWTDRDBTk
— Aly Monroe (@monroealy) December 28, 2016
Jude Law on the set of THE YOUNG POPE pic.twitter.com/MfrjF7PLoV
— Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) December 30, 2016
@Justin__Bebis The Young Pope begs to differ pic.twitter.com/xbw9IOMNnO
— One Eye's GF (@hereticalhussy) December 22, 2016
30 Popes Under 30
— Rachel Sanders (@rachelysanders) January 5, 2017
Okay, so we all agree the porn version will be THE HUNG POPE. Do we all agree the Pope's name will be Pope Penis XXL?
— Oak (@tiredboredblog) January 5, 2017
Is "Young Pope" the first time a SNL sketch has become TV series?
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) January 6, 2017
THE YOUNG KNOPE pic.twitter.com/QC0ilW3B6V
— delicious sticky boy (@jacobtwop) January 5, 2017
It's a bit surprising no one went for an Olivia Pope from "Scandal" angle, but there's still time.
During Saturday's TCAs press tour, Jude Law was asked if he had heard about the tweets, and it turns out this is his education on the very concept of a meme:
"Having spent the last week in New York and doing lots of press I've become very aware. But until this week I've been completely unaware of what a meme was." He added, "I hope will prompt interest and intrigue. I don't know if meme trends are reflective of young people's interest but if so I hope ."
"The Young Pope" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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