Amber Heard "Scissors For Fingers"
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About
Amber Heard "Scissors For Fingers" refers to an answer given by Amber Heard during her June 2022 interview on The Today Show that acted as her first appearance since the Johnny Depp Defamation Trial verdict, which found her guilty on all counts. When asked about a statement from Depp's lawyer who said she was acting during her testimony, she referenced the movie Edward Scissorhands as evidence that Depp was the one giving a performance. The quote was confusing and amusing to many online, who referenced it in discussions and memes shortly after.
Origin
On June 14th, 2022, The Today Show interviewed Amber Heard in a segment titled, "Amber Heard Speaks Out," which acted as the actress' first time speaking about the trial, verdict and memes related to the entire event. At one moment during the interview, Savannah Guthrie asked Heard about Depp's lawyer who claimed Heard was acting during her testimony. Heard considered the question and then stated, "Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? I'm the performer?"
The official Twitter[1] account for The Today Show posted a tweet on June 14th, that attached the clip and quote, earning roughly 347,000 views and 2,900 likes in four hours (shown below).
.@SavannahGuthrie: [Depp's lawyer] said you were acting in your testimony.
Amber Heard: “Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? …I listened to weeks of testimony [saying] I'm a terrible actress. I'm a bit confused how I could be both.” pic.twitter.com/9ASyBGSfKq— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 14, 2022
Spread
Reactions to the clip and quote appeared on Twitter going into the remainder of the day on June 14th, 2022. For instance, Twitter[2] user ghufran_003 posted a reply stating, "She understands the Edward Scissorhands is a fictional character right?," earning roughly 1,500 likes in four hours (shown below, left). Also on June 14th, Twitter[3] user tasteofsanity tweeted a reaction to the quote, conveying disbelief. The tweet received roughly 15,500 likes in five hours (shown below, right).
![Dee @tasteofsanity "[Johnny Depp] convinced the world he had scissors for fingers"-- Amber Heard Am I having a stroke? 10:01 AM Jun 14, 2022. Twitter Web App . 1,326 Retweets 260 Quote Tweets 15.5K Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/386/450/461.png "Amber Heard Scissors For Fingers")
YouTubers posted reaction content to the Amber Heard interview as well. For instance, on June 14th, 2022, YouTuber Popcorned Planet posted a video where at the 5:13-minute mark he specifically reacted to the "Scissors for fingers" quote. The video received roughly 484,000 views in less than a day (shown below, left). YouTuber RealChicKiNCanada 🇨🇦 also posted a Short on June 14th, earning roughly 2,000 views in the same amount of time (shown below, right).
More reactions and memes surfaced on social media going into the days following. For instance, a reposting of the interview clip was tweeted by Twitter[4] user godblesstoby on June 14th, earning roughly 471,500 views and 7,300 likes in four hours (shown below). Godblesstobyis' tweet inspired more reactions, memes and engagement with the clip.
AHAHAHA WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/feS1ZiXzU6
— 🙏🌧🌍 (@godblesstoby) June 14, 2022
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[1] Twitter – @TODAYshow
[2] Twitter – @ghufran_003
[3] Twitter – @tasteofsanity
[4] Twitter – @godblesstoby
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![: @GellertDepp Amber nobody thinks he has scissors for fingers hunny. You need f------ help. TODAY @TODAYshow. 9h .@SavannahGuthrie: [Depp's lawyer] said you were acting in your testimony. Amber Heard: "Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? ...I listened to weeks of testimony [saying] I'm a terrible actress. I'm a bit confused how I could be both." NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE AND SAID YOU WERE ACTING. AMBER HEARD SPEARS OUT TODAY 0:25 364.9K views 8:08 AM Jun 14, 2022. Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/386/465/dec.png)
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![Dee @tasteofsanity "[Johnny Depp] convinced the world he had scissors for fingers"-- Amber Heard Am I having a stroke? 10:01 AM Jun 14, 2022. Twitter Web App . 1,326 Retweets 260 Quote Tweets 15.5K Likes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/386/450/461.png)
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I think I understand the GIST of what she was trying to say. Johnny Depp is such an amazing actor he made a weird autistic robot with shears for hands seem like a believable character that people related to; that kind of skill at making people feel how you want them to feel seems like it would just about have to translate over to manipulating people in other ways.
Similarly she's defending herself from accusations that she was doing the same, using her acting skills to manipulate the court; basically saying 'yeah he said I did that, but they ALSO said I'm a terrible actor, one of those seems like it should be a lie.'
So her defense is basically "Listen, Johnny is a way, WAY better actor than me; if the court case is being influenced in somebody's favor by their acting skills, it would make a lot more sense for it to go his way."
Ironically, the complete lack of charisma with which she made that point actually supports her argument; given that she's STILL demonstrating much worse actor skills.
Granted, she could also be faking THAT… but rather than assume 5d chess horseshit trying to figure out who has the glass with the iocane powder I'd rather just rely on all the OTHER stuff that came up in court.
I think the flaw in the argument lies in assuming that lying/manipulation and acting are the same skillset, when they actually aren't.
There's some overlap in the art of deception, but acting is the art of taking something unbelievable and making it believable, while lying is the art of taking something reasonable (but untrue) and making someone believe it.
Acting requires the audience to buy into the lie voluntarily. Manipulative lying may use the person's subconscious desire to BELIEVE something is true, because the alternative is psychologically damaging, but more often than not it is simply well executed obfuscation of the truth.
I think the flaw in the argument lies in assuming that lying/manipulation and acting are the same skillset, when they actually aren't.
There's some overlap in the art of deception, but acting is the art of taking something unbelievable and making it believable, while lying is the art of taking something reasonable (but untrue) and making someone believe it.
Acting requires the audience to buy into the lie voluntarily. Manipulative lying may use the person's subconscious desire to BELIEVE something is true, because the alternative is psychologically damaging, but more often than not it is simply well executed obfuscation of the truth.
"He was just trying to use his acting skills to the court to manipulate you all!"
"Like you did."
"No I can't act."
"Yes we know."
she needs fingering with scissors
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