Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu Congratulation Poster Parodies

About

Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu Congratulation Poster Parodies refers to parodies of the graphic congratulating two Indonesian athletes who won the gold medal in badminton during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The poster has been parodied by Indonesian social media users due to the way its design makes it appear as though the athletes are running for political office or were students in a college's athletic program.

Origin

On August 2nd, 2021, the Olympics^[1] website published an article about Indonesian athletes Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu winning gold against Chinese athletes Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan at women's doubles badminton at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On the same day, the Olympics official Twitter^[2] uploaded a tweet that received more than 127,700 likes and 97,800 retweets in four days (shown below).

Spread

As the news spread among Indonesian speakers, some of them made jokes that the athletes' win would be used by politicians or universities to further their own agendas. For example, on August 2nd, 2021, Twitter^[3] user @adriansyahyasin uploaded a tweet that predicting that politicians will design a "congratulations" poster for the athletes but use a bigger photo of themselves. The tweet received more than 9,000 likes and 1,700 retweets in four days (shown below, left). A few hours later, the same Twitter user^[4] documented posters designed by politicians, proving their original prediction correct. The tweets received more than 32,900 likes and 16,100 retweets (shown below, center). On the same day, Facebook^[5] user Silfana Nasri uploaded a post criticizing how Indonesian politicians designed their congratulation posters for the athletes. The post received more than 2,200 reactions and 3,600 shares (shown below, right).

Later, Indonesian social media users began creating parodies of the trend. For example on August 2nd, 2021, Facebook^[6] page Doraemon Hari Ini uploaded a parody poster that made the character Suneo Honekawa from Doraemon bigger than the photo of the athletes (shown below, left). On the same day, Instagram^[7] account @kaesangp uploaded a poster with a photo of himself grabbing a tennis racket. The photo received more than 63,000 likes in four days (shown below, center). A few hours later, Facebook^[8] user Sudiro Sumbodo II uploaded a satirical guide to making a congratulatory poster like a politician, with an explanation of how to put the photo and logo on it. The post received more than 830 reactions and 1,800 shares (shown below, right).

Some Indonesian webcomic artists and cartoonists also jumped on the trend. For example, on August 2nd, 2021, webcomic artist Risa Comics via Facebook^[9] uploaded a parody of the poster. The photo received more than 2,600 reactions and 307 shares (shown below, left). On the same day, webcomic artist Gump n Hell uploaded a webcomic that mocked Indonesian politicians to their Facebook^[10], Twitter^[11], and Instagram.^[12] The image received more than 4,100 reactions, 3,100 shares on Facebook, 18,000 likes on Instagram, and 3,400 likes, 1,600 retweets on Twitter, respectively (show below, center). On the next day, Indonesian cartoonist Wahyu Kokkang uploaded an image to his Facebook^[13] that received 139 reactions and 26 shares (shown below, right).

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