I wish I weren’t having to type this, but abuse and trauma are not something to mock. Ever. This past Saturday May 14, 2022, Saturday Night Live decided to make a sketch about the highly publicized and talked about public defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
Ultimately, you’d expect a cultural comedic staple 47 years running to know not to do this, but alas here we are. Yes, comedy can be used to cope with trauma, but given the fact that we are not Heard or Depp, it’s not our trauma to decide to joke about.
First, they make fun of the defecation claim made in the case and the claim that Heard threw a bottle at Depp and severed part of his finger.
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