For weeks the highly publicised defamation trial between Johnny
Depp and Amber Heard captured the attention of people across the
globe. It had all the hallmarks of Hollywood; rugged leading man,
younger doe-eyed love interest, sexual chemistry, plot twists,
violence, tarnished reputations, revenge and redemption.
Did you watch the Depp vs Heard trial? I watched. Perfectly
voyeuristic, the live-streamed trial offered something we don't
get to see in Australia. All of it. The whole shebang. Recorded and
broadcast for everyone to watch, re-watch, screen-grab. We were
able to digest it in full, in highlights, or even set to music,
captioned, dissected and analysed by anyone who cared to. People
got to know the stenographer by her first name. Judy - her name is
Judy. It was all over social media. And for a while TikTok became
#depptok if the algorithm was in your favour.
