“Mean Tweets” is a recurring segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. In this clip from 2018, the cast of The Avengers: Infinity War read mean tweets about themselves.

discussion

What are some of the insults we hear in this clip? How do the celebrities respond?

Do you see identity such as race, gender, or age play a role in the mean tweets? 

What do you think are the intentions of the people who wrote the tweets? What are the intentions and effects of Jimmy Kimmel having the cast read the tweets? How does reading the mean tweets in this fashion potentially change their meaning?

Have you ever been the perpetrator of victim of a mean spirited comment on social media? What are some ways everyday people can respond to such comments (especially if they don’t have celebrity status or a platform like Jimmy Kimmel Live)?