05-03-2022, 02:33 PM
4:20 I mean shit, Russell, it's called psychological and physical abuse. It's pretty cut and dry. Someone is the punching bag and someone is the puncher. In this case, Johnny Depp was the one being abused. It's not a cloudy, murky situation.
5:30 trials are public no matter who the fuck is involved... this kinda stuff goes down every day, and in LOCAL communities where popular people are the subject in the trial, it's a buzz. Everyone there will be talking about it and gossiping about it. That's on a local level. Anybody's trial can be publicly watched and commented on, it's just that these things don't often involve people who are WORLD FAMOUS. It's a numbers game. If enough people knew about Joe Ed Allen down the street and his bitch wife Martha, everyone would be eating popcorn watching their trial. I just think Russell's "fair and unbiased" approach is sort of obnoxious sometimes.
7:15 I think that's a closed minded view of the situation quite frankly. How do you know that all those things can't conjoin, Russell? What if, for Johnny Depp (or Amber) they CAN conjoin?? I doubt that ANYTHING will get through to Amber Heard, but maybe it could. For Johnny Depp though, it could very much be a deeply insightful situation, the whole thing being public, etc. It could all be profound. Why place so much significance on it being televised??
7:50 true, the only problem with clips being televised is the inherent bias in the media... but that has nothing to do with the trial itself.
8:20 domestic violence isn't a "mistake", it's a serious and dangerous problem perpetrated by people who have mental issues and need treatment and they need to face consequences for their behavior. This isn't an "everyone makes mistakes" situation.
9:20 meh, it's pretty clear that Russell's own experience and history as an actor has totally tainted his perception of the entire situation. I'm not interested in Johnny getting justice for the sake of entertainment... I want him to get justice in order to bring awareness to domestic violence against men. I want him as an individual to have justice for what he went through.
Do I have friggen sympathy for Amber? I mean, she probably had a whack childhood... and in that way, yeah, I do. It's sad. But as a grown ass woman who was violent and abusive toward her husband, going so far as to sever his fucking finger?? Uh, no I don't have sympathy for her. I wouldn't have sympathy for anyone who I heard of doing something like that (unprovoked, as the aggressor). She needs mental help, and she needs to have a warning sign stamped on her so that people in the future will know that if they get involved with her, they only have themselves to blame.
10:27 well I certainly agree with what Russell says here.
11:00 it's insights like this where Russell shines and I appreciate him sharing what he learned from his experiences. The fact that he's willing to do that is the reason I'm even subscribed to him.
12:30 yeah it's true, as I said earlier in the thread, the whole trial has humanized these two famous people in the public eye to a point that is kind of unfortunate. It's too bad that reality had to step in and show us that these people are just as fucked up as your average Joe, and especially in the case of Johnny Depp, it's too bad his iconic status had to be humanized. Part of the fun of enjoying movies etc. is that the people who are in them are on a pedestal of otherwordly untouchability.
I like how he has his necklace and mic taped down so they don't rub against each other lol.
0:55 again, part of the novelty of this trial and the whole situation is the dynamic of a WOMAN ABUSING A MAN. That's what is REALLY at the heart of the interest.
2:40 the media's coverage of the situation is total cancer, what's new? I think Russell is missing the real reason why people are interested... it's almost like he's taking the media's spin on it as a reflection of the viewership. The media tries to influence the viewers... not the other way around. The media's spin should not be taken as an accurate gauge of what the people are actually thinking... hello??
