So, by now we have all had a week to digest the furore surrounding Ariana De Bose's performance at last week's BAFTAs. Interestingly, I have not been able to find a clip of her full number, but the rap that spawned a thousand memes is easy enough to locate.
Tasked with celebrating women, DeBose inserted a rap in her musical homage of "Sisters Are Doing it for Themselves" namechecking the female nominees in the room, including Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett. Some of the rhymes seemed rather random, if harmless.
Blanchett Cate/You're a genius
And Jamie Lee/You're all of us
Not so the social media reaction to the line "Angela Bassett did the thing", which led Oscar winner DeBose to deactivate Twitter. This clips sums it up well.
But if she re-emerges, DeBose will find support from many quarters including Wanda Sykes, Adele, Lizzo and Ms. Bassett herself. Indeed, she really did The Thing. Lighten up, peeps.