About
Villanova Crying Piccolo Player, also known as the Villanova Crying Flute Player and March Sadness is a Photoshop meme based on stills from a video of a member of the Villanova marching band crying on the Jumbotron.
Origin
After Villanova University’s loss to North Carolina State in the annual March Madness NCAA basketball tournament, Roxanne (last name unknown) began to cry. She then looked up at the Jumbotron and saw herself featured on the screen crying. “I’m a senior in the band, so I knew that was my very last game. It’s just so easy to get emotional especially being a senior, that just changed the game for me, knowing it was my last game,” Roxanne said to the Angelo Cataldi of CBS Philadelphia[1].
Spread
After the moment was broadcast, it was posted to YouTube by user Vic on March 21st 2105, and by two days later the video had received 48,588 views.
In addition, several sports publications posted widely retweeted screenshots. One such screenshot, by sports publication Bleacher Report, was retweeted 2,658 times and favorited 3,798 times by Monday, March 23rd.
VIDEO: The crying Villanova fan playing the piccolo is the saddest thing you’ll see all week http://t.co/cVPyDACP0ypic.twitter.com/mbJIWku42u
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 22, 2015
User @NumbersMuncher then photoshopped Inappropriate Joe Biden into the screenshot with Roxanne on March 21st 2015. The tweet received 5,113 retweets an d 5,328 favorites.
"That's right… you just keep on playing. Biden's here." #MarchMadnesspic.twitter.com/FGNJNMNjHf
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) March 22, 2015
Notable Examples
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External References
[1]CBS Philly – Villanova Crying Piccolo Girl On 94WIP: ‘I Think It’s Funny’
[2]Geeks and Cleets – Here Are The Best Villanova Crying Flute Girl Memes!