The new NBC News documentary highlights the inhumanity of platforms like TikTok and YouTube, where—aside from average users—profit-hungry influencers and toxic celebrity fandoms coalesce.
That seems to be the goal of, which aired on NBC News Now on Wednesday night and is available to stream on NBCNews.com and Peacock.
, whose obsession with proving Depp’s innocence, which she discusses casually with a journalist, is one of the most jarring parts of the film.The film doesn’t set out to decide whether Heard was wronged by the jury—although Glenn and Bredehoft’s perspectives are notable. Rather, the documentary broadly illustrates the tragedy that occurs when private matters become public theater.
The social media element of the trial is both equated to the media frenzy surrounding O.J. Simpson’s murder trial and framed as a direct consequence of it. Both judgesin their courtrooms, allowing these disturbing incidents to be consumed like a “gladiator ceremony,” said Nigel Smith. In the documentary, we see footage of fans waiting outside the courthouse with signs and dressed in Jack Sparrow costumes, and workers giving spectators wristbands to view the trial like a concert.
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