There’s a wonderful, palpable chemistry between the two actors in the very brief clip that is both warm and suggestive. The way D’Arcy keeps topping up their answer with fancier phrases and coy body language is also extremely, obviously, and scientifically cute. Bonus points also for their very cool pink ensemble and Robyn-esque haircut, which are extremely not in keeping with the character they play on the show.
But I also think Cooke, in particular, deserves enormous credit for the meme’s virality because she seems to stand in for us, the audience, by being visibly surprised, impressed, and charmed by her costar. Cooke’s delivery of “Oh, stunning!” in her charming Manchester accent is just delightful.
Let’s be clear, though. The meme has found its home primarily among the LGBTQ community, in part because of the chemistry between the pair, but also maybe because D’Arcy is nonbinary and because my beloved queer community has a penchant for memes where the repetition and ridiculousness of the thing is kind of the point.
As my friend Sam Corbett observed, “Negroni sbagliato with prosecco is the new Dakota Johnson’s limes. … An entire ecosystem of memes and content based on … five seconds of (cute!) video.”
(Again, if none of that made sense to you, it’s OK. I support your heterosexual lifestyle.)
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/negroni-sbagliato-prosecco
