WATCH: The Story of Brexit as Told by ‘Seinfeld’

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By Maia Efrem June 30, 2016

Better than any history book, the Internet has made it its mission to tell the story of Brexit with “Seinfeld” clips and they are hilarious. Whoever thought of this is a genius!

There’s the one of George as the UK and the sympathetic Jerry as the United States, encouraging him to just pretend the vote never happened.

And then when George takes his advice and shows up at the first post-Brexit European Union meeting. (Hint: it doesn’t go well.)

Then, of course, there’s Jerry as the spiteful Brexit voter taking his decision back almost immediately after he makes it. This video has no sound but it’s definitely worth a watch.

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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