Heard-Depp trial is a reality TV check for MeToo
Who’s afraid of the #MeToo movement? Or maybe the question should be, who is the #MeToo movement afraid of?
came to mind: “And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must.....eventually.....fall.”Credit:It is a very modern phenomenon that “reality TV”, or in this case the real-life drama of a televised trial, has replaced the great artistic expositions on human frailty executed by playwrights such as Albee.
The public reaction has been polarised to the point of absurdity. Amber Heard has been the subject of sustained and vicious abuse on the internet. As a result, victims of domestic violence have expressed concerns that the finding against Heard will cause women to hesitate before coming forward, fearing that they will risk being treated in the same way.
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