Virginia is for Lovers, Depp v. Heard

Murmurs Gallery

“Back in the courtroom, the fans gleefully examine the drawings of Johnny after he leaves the stand. One fan comes to sit next to me, then another, then another. A woman with cartoon lips and golf-ball cheekbones smiles and puffs out her chest, her face frozen from Botox, eyes muscling out warmth as best as they can when Depp turns to the gallery. Another woman wearing a wedding band leans out of the aisle in hopes of catching his eye. A young man tells me he is a “collector of life experiences,” but that he is also here because he likes what Depp “is doing for men.” I am nervous when I begin to draw Amber, expecting their wrath at my back when I scoot to the row behind her.”
- Isabelle Brourman, Hyperallergic Magazine