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Come on. This courtroom artist can't be serious with this goofy ass depiction of Luigi. The nose, the skin tone, the thin neck. Did I miss the memo? Are Italians no longer white? lmao

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[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 59 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Why are court drawings? Is there some sort of a liberal theater that prevents just filming the whole thing?

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Federal and some states (in this case NY) forbid cameras in courtrooms, hence the drawings. I'm sure there's some antiquated BS reason for it that I can't be bothered to look up.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The common justification I hear for this is to avoid making a trial a media spectacle. If there is no camera then you can't act for the camera

[–] KoboldKomrade@hexbear.net 44 points 1 month ago

Which is BS because its a spectle anyway. Only thing no cameras does is protect the judge when they decide to be a fash.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago

It's because there was some courtroom incident where it was absolutely flooded with independent photographers and they caused some sort of incident

I don't know why they didn't just say "okay we got one guy whose job it is to take pictures" instead of calling up a fucking art school

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because if we don't keep at least some of the art buskers legitimately employed, we'll end up with another Vienna Academy of Fine Arts situation.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago

it's a bit late for that

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Liberals believe the law is a paranormal force that exerts magical power, so they treat the courtroom like a temple

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 54 points 1 month ago (4 children)

When I was googling I found this...

I thought to myself "That's very flattering but not right. What the heck." It turned out it's not him. It's supposed to be Sam Bankman-Fried.

Sam Bankman-Fried Courtroom Sketch Becomes Metaphor For Crypto Industry

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

It looks like it's supposed to be Spike from Cowboy Bebop.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago

bizzaro courtoom artists.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 month ago

Literally depicting him as the gigachad

[–] TheRealChrisR@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

I thought this was supposed to be Fight Club era Brad Pitt

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 52 points 1 month ago

The courtroom sketch artist thing is really dumb. Like really, really, really dumb. I understand the history behind it, but they need to ditch this shit and just have official court photographers. Cuz it's just fucking stupid.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"It's time for you to do us that favor. Make him look scary. I don't care how. What? I— I dunno, make him black or something."

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

the white woman jury member clutching her purse at 0:47 has got me 💀

[–] miz@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] miz@hexbear.net 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm starting to notice a pattern here

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 40 points 1 month ago

it's the style of artists from the Dolezalian school

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are Italians no longer white?

astronaut-2 astronaut-1

Never have been

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

So THAT'S why you all hate Italians!

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago

anti-italian-discrimination this is anti-italian discrimination

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago

The artist has a detailed Wikipedia page: Jane Rosenberg.

Rosenberg works in pen, pencil, and pastel to produce her courtroom sketches. The pastels present problems when she covers out-of-state cases; they break easily during travel, and can appear to be bullets during security screenings. Her kit also includes a cushion, a foam board to rest her drawing on, binoculars, finger cots, protein bars, and water bottles.

She transports her supplies in a large wheeled container; inside, a smaller box, held together with rubber bands and gaffer's tape, holds her pastels, sorted by color.[7] After each day in court, Rosenberg spends at least half an hour cleaning and organizing her equipment, discarding the stubs of pastels, and ordering replacements.

[...]

Defendants sometimes approach Rosenberg to make requests about their depictions: John Gotti asked her not to draw his double chin, Weinstein wanted more hair, and Donald Trump Jr. said to "make me look sexy." Others, including Ghislaine Maxwell, Eddie Murphy, and Igor Fruman, have sketched Rosenberg themselves.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

Wooooow that really looks nothing like him

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

they’re going to depict luigi like this and then find a reason to draw brian thompson even tho he’s not at court and they’re gonna portray him as a chad

the history books will make their judgements then

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago

intentionally making him ugly to dissuade the stans

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago
[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

The artist is 1/10th of the way into turning him into a The Thing monster.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 16 points 1 month ago

Too bony and loooong neck

[–] GrafZahl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Does that mean the anti-italian-action has to stop? What are the consequences for Bitcoin?

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Luigi giving us the "you see the shit I have to go through?" look

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

on Italian[-American] whiteness

Italians ain't white!

Yes, they are, bro.

Since the fuck when?

Since the last 60 years, man.

(from Sorry to Bother You 🧲)

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