section_path: Impact and real-life parallels/Social media influence
section_name: Social media influence
paragraph_text: Social media influence
  
  Following the film's release, several outlets noted the film's presence on social media and within meme culture. Memes comparing the film to RuPaul's Drag Race and The Real Housewives appeared on Twitter, while other users created fan cams, including ones set to pop musicians such as Charli XCX. Online comparisons were also made to media such as Mean Girls, while the "elimination" of the various papal candidates was compared to reality television shows like Survivor or The Bachelor. Also noted were memes comparing the characters in the film to real life figures such as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the two major candidates in the 2024 United States presidential election, which took place days after the film's U.S. release. Many of these outlets took note of the apparent contradiction that a film that "might be retired folks catching a weekday matinee" was popular in meme culture.
  
  Following the film's release, several outlets noted the film's presence on social media and within meme culture. Memes comparing the film to RuPaul's Drag Race and The Real Housewives appeared on Twitter, while other users created fan cams, including ones set to pop musicians such as Charli XCX. Online comparisons were also made to media such as Mean Girls, while the "elimination" of the various papal candidates was compared to reality television shows like Survivor or The Bachelor. Also noted were memes comparing the characters in the film to real life figures such as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the two major candidates in the 2024 United States presidential election, which took place days after the film's U.S. release. Many of these outlets took note of the apparent contradiction that a film that "might be retired folks catching a weekday matinee" was popular in meme culture.