Miami Vice-gate refers to the intense social media discourse sparked by writer Chaedria LaBouvier's passionate and often polarizing analysis of Michael Mann’s 2006 film Miami Vice. The controversy gained meme status on film Twitter due to the perceived intensity of the defense and the specific vocabulary used to describe the film's aesthetic and emotional weight. It has since become a shorthand for any situation where a fan aggressively defends a misunderstood or divisive work of art, focusing on the work and the vibe over traditional narrative critique. The meme template typically captures the energy of hyper-fixated film fandom and the aesthetic purity of the movie.