The trailer for Mem Bou, a new show by Bengali TV channel Star Jalsha, has been viewed over 1,00,000 times on Facebook in just one day.
At the time of publishing this post, the Mem Bou trailer was also being widely shared, with nearly 600 Facebook shares.
The show seems to revolve around Carol, a "foreign wife", or "mem bou", who struggles to be accepted by her husband's orthodox Bengali household.
Buuuuuuut the general sentiment is less "wow a nice TV show about generational conflict" and more "WHAT IN BLAZES IS THAT WHITE-BENGALI ACCENT CAROL."
Bengalis online are pointing out how awkwardly funny it is to see a Bengali actress faking a white person faking a Bengali accent.
While the show is quite run-of-the-mill regional drama, the actress playing the wife breaks out into one of the most hilariously weird "foreign accents" ever.
A LOT of them are simply revelling in this newfound way of speaking Bengali, cracking themselves up, and self-sustained laughter is always a beautiful thing.
Some viewers may have even been physically injured by the audacious accent.
But to be very honest, this one comment just takes the goddamn roshogoolla. 👏👏👏👏👏
LET THE MEMES BEGIN.
