On Aug. 16, Netflix drops its latest slapdash docuseries, Depp v. Heard, a chronological retelling of the high-profile trial and the social media phenomenon that followed.
’s initial episode, it seems as though the three-part series will examine social media’s role in shaping the public’s and potentially jurors’ opinion on the case, and how misogyny gave way to one of the biggest harassment campaigns the internet has seen since #GamerGate. Moreover, the first episode’s use of footage from chauvinist, pro-Depp commentators seems like a conscious formal choice that will eventually be flipped on its head in the following installments.
While the documentary calls out the ridiculousness of these moments , it misses the larger point that this cherry-picked information from the trial is mostly inconsequential and designed to distract people with short attention spans who were also unwilling to do their own research on the case. Meanwhile, the conclusion of the U.K. trial, where a court sided withunsealed after the trial, are treated like mere footnotes.
Regardless, this instinct to fact-check or immediately counter the dubious opinions of Team Depp dies out by the end of the series.may show the disproportionate amount of spectators who supported their beloved Jack Sparrow, but it stops short at attempting to relate this phenomenon to a post-#MeToo backlash, stan culture, or a widespread misunderstanding of the nature of domestic violence.
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