When Francesca Scorsese taps her father Martin Scorsese to appear on her TikTok, you know we're in for a treat — but the father-daughter duo's latest video might just take the cake.
Previously, Francesca had blessed us with a personal 30-second trailer of her father, where she officially pronounced him “a certified silly goose" and also got him to partake in a couple of (admittedly confusing) trends. Now, she's flexing her Gen Z rights and getting her dad to guess Gen Z slang, and let us just tell you, it's likely the best thing you'll watch in a while. (Sorry to Goodfellas.)
In the almost five-minute video, Francesca gets the legendary filmmaker to guess some of the most-used lingo on the internet — from “shipping” to “sneaky links.” You'd expect an 80-year-old with no social media presence at all to not get a thing right… but this is Martin Scorsese we're talking about, and, of course, against all odds, he kind of nailed it?!
“He lowkey slayed,” Francesca captioned the video, which begins with easy-level queries: “spilling the tea” for disclosing exclusive, juicy information and “giving someone the ick” for being “thoroughly repulsed" by someone, as Scorsese himself deciphers. Things get a bit more complicated with “sneaky link," “slept on,” and “simp,” but he pushes through in the end.
Martin Scorsese might be the king of long-form film, but Francesca Scorsese is sure winning when it comes to short-form TikToks. Seeing Martin Scorsese guess these slang terms “hits different” without an introduction, so watch the video for yourself below:
