REHASH: Johnny v. Amber (early access)
Added 2023-09-21 22:08:05 +0000 UTCHas the sun set on the Me Too era? If you were following along with the Depp v. Heard defamation trial last April, it seems like it did. When Johnny Deep took Amber Heard to court for three vague quotes suggesting she had been abused buy him, the world was in a frenzy. Has this hot, blonde, bisexual woman really been abused… or was it the easier answer? That she was an evil psychopath who pulled a Gone Girl on everyone’s favourite fictional pirate? In this episode, Hannah and Maia are finally ready to talk about this blight on cultural history. Discussions include: the popcorn consumption of televised celebrity court cases, TikTok’s true crime cottage industry, Johnny Depp’s hideous hats, and the societal Basic Instinct-ification of hot women. Will Amber Heard be redeemed as a maligned women in a few years when the fog has cleared, or did Depp v. Heard reverse Me Too for good?
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It was a pop culture civil war. In my 20's in 90's SF I dated an animator & my roommate was a cameraman at Skellington Prod so I had heard tons of trash about Depp then so I had writ him off ages ago. So when my sister, who is 5 years older than me, asked my opinion I shrugged & said - yeah, he laid hands on her & the next thing I know she was forcing me to watch tiktoks and telling me about her facial tics and things. Even my niece was shocked by her investment in his innocence. Sister against sister and her own college kid!
malpertuis
2023-09-25 08:19:08 +0000 UTCthumbs up, enjoyed this conversation this morning (it's the only in depth talk about it I've listened to besides Leeja Miller). always appreciate looking at events thru social context/themes. my context: I haven't watched broadcast TV since '06, dumped social media in '18, no love of Depp (I thought he was fine in Donnie Brasco, otherwise found him a pretentious one-note performer), no idea who Amber Heard is and I believed her (alcoholic, tanking-career man married to younger woman abuses her? no brainer). They crucified her in the court of public opinion at a time of peak misogynist trolling. Never should have allowed cameras or an unsequestered jury. I do think it's a case that (like OJ's) will be remembered for being a dysfunctional media mess and not of justice.
R.W. Scott
2023-09-22 14:51:43 +0000 UTC
