Ryan Gosling’s new movie The scapegoathas been criticized for his joke about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
The action film, which officially premiered today, included an insensitive reference to Depp and Heard.
According to TMZthe film “contains a joke at one point about the volatile former couple, specifically focused on their knock-down and drag-out fights from when they were still together.”
At one point in the film, a director and a film producer walk into a star’s trashed trailer. Referring to the mess, one of the characters says, “It’s like Amber and Johnny are here.”
Although that’s apparently the only joke being made about the former couple, fans are dismayed by jokes that make fun of domestic violence. Even though the line was meant to be comedic, it certainly didn’t sit well with many viewers.
This comes after the controversial Depp v. Heard trial, which attracted global attention in 2022. During the trials, issues and allegations of domestic violence swirled and many viewers took sides.
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As TMZ said like this: βThe team behind Scapegoat “I tried to play the years-long conflict for laughs and now it’s dealing with a ton of vitriol before the movie is even in theaters.”
According to IMDb, the story of the 2024 film is as follows:
βHe’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot at, crashed, thrown out of windows, and dropped from high places, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an accident that nearly ended his career, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy, and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his thing. daily work. What could go well?
While the film’s premise caught the attention of many fans, the domestic violence joke achieved negative effect.
On X, countless people shared their dislike of the film and its bad taste.
“Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to put it in the movie, talking about deaf people?” one person said.
“It’s always very telling when people say ‘it was just a joke.’ π They show exactly why we are still where we are in society with little to no empathy for domestic violence survivors/victims,β another user wrote.
A third person added, βDomestic violence is no joke! How can someone put something like that in a movie? Disgusting!”
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