Heeeeeeeeereeee’s Mike!
After a selfie of Vice President-elect Mike Pence posing with House Republicans hit Twitter on Thursday, many users had the same reaction: it looked uncannily like the photo at the end of the classic 1980 horror film “The Shining.”
Many users noted the similar structure of the photos—and also that there were little to no people of color shown in either image.
Check out the comparisons below and judge for yourself:
?@HouseGOP pic.twitter.com/1NGWcoyuZd
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 17, 2016
This is the dang picture on the wall at the end of The Shining pic.twitter.com/HmGLlkG5jb
— Will Bardwell (@willbardwell) November 17, 2016
it’s like that black and white pic from The Shining https://t.co/lhBprkCVZW
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) November 17, 2016
This is the worst remake of the Shining ever. https://t.co/OvCLjbJ1og
— Kevin Hatman (@Kakaze) November 17, 2016