Why I defend Johnny Depp

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won’t be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant

Leonard Cohen

Johnny Depp. I didn’t start as a fan of his, his work never saved my life, his generosity never helped me. Fourteen months ago, I could watch a film of his on TV and not tell it was him.

Let me start with why I don’t defend him.

1. I don’t defend him because he’s pretty.
2. I don’t defend him because he played Jack Sparrow.
3. I don’t defend him because of his sex appeal.
4. I don’t defend him because he’s rich, or white or male.