‘Karen’ meme inspires new film starring ‘Orange Is The New Black’ actress Taryn Manning
nme.comOrange is the New Black star Taryn Manning.The viral meme has been used as a byword on social media sites such as Twitter and TikTok for a type of privileged, middle-class, white woman with a ‘speak to the manager’ attitude, and also has connotations with racist micro-aggressions and anti-vaccination beliefs.It has now inspired an apparent new film about a racist and entitled white woman in the southern United States called Karen White, according to TMZ, who terrorises her new African American neighbours.The film will apparently see her make it her mission to oust her neighbours, who are Black Lives Matter supporters.Manning, who played the role of Tiffany ‘Pennsatucky’ Doggett in Orange is the New Black, looks set to play the titular role.
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