It also happens in both political parties. This phenomenon isn't unique to the entertainment world. All too often, luminaries genuinely believe they're brilliant, which makes their lives ever darker when the reality of their own mediocrity becomes obvious. I imagine even these two might quietly acknowledge that the celebrity culture that has captured and consumed our country demeans people on both ends of the obsession. Their endeavor was equal parts tabloid saga and cautionary tale. The English poet Lord Byron reminded us that "fame is the thirst of youth." After years of seeking to quench their respective yearnings by gulping deep of this well, Depp and Heard approached the litigation hungover from that bender. Little good can come of that the enticing buzz of celebrity acclaim was the dark undercurrent enveloping the entire affair. While there wasn't quite an army of attorneys on each side, there was a small platoon, some of whom will now metamorphose into that oddest of species, the celebrity lawyer. I've prosecuted rape cases with less contentiousness. (Who will ever forget Depp's accusation that Heard left feces in the marital bed?) The judge, ever calm and professional, did her best to keep the spectacle suitable to the setting, but she could only do so much amid six weeks of clashing over nearly every charge and countercharge. A car crash beckons rubberneckers, but so, too, does the collision of competing celebrity narratives.įrom sordid accusations of infidelity to accounts of drug use that would make most libertines blush, the witness stand throbbed with tales of embarrassing excess and personal lives racked with dysfunction. As an on-air legal analyst for the Law and Crime Network, I've watched more of this trial than most Americans, but the trial was popular on social media with people reacting, choosing sides, and creating memes from the various courtroom antics.
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