Image via WikipediaMy reading for this week is a profile of Johnny Depp by Sean Smith (originally in Newsweek, in 2006), and I think it's helping me crystalize what I want to do with my profile of Janine. The picture that Smith has with the essay is of Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, but the image I have in my head of him is from a Disney Channel interview last year. He was being interviewed by a kid about playing the Mad Hatter, but he seemed kind of uncomfortable talking about it. It made me think of a guy I know (who shall remain nameless) who is terminally shy. Johnny Depp looked like he was trying to blend into the background. His voice was very quiet, and it was almost like he was hiding behind his glasses. Rather than being an "unlikely superstar," which is part of Smith's title, it was more like he is an unknowable superstar. The weird thing is that Smith makes him seem knowable, even though seeing him being himself, you don't recognize the guy Smith is talking about. Does that make sense?
Image via WikipediaMy reading for this week is a profile of Johnny Depp by Sean Smith (originally in Newsweek, in 2006), and I think it's helping me crystalize what I want to do with my profile of Janine. The picture that Smith has with the essay is of Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, but the image I have in my head of him is from a Disney Channel interview last year. He was being interviewed by a kid about playing the Mad Hatter, but he seemed kind of uncomfortable talking about it. It made me think of a guy I know (who shall remain nameless) who is terminally shy. Johnny Depp looked like he was trying to blend into the background. His voice was very quiet, and it was almost like he was hiding behind his glasses. Rather than being an "unlikely superstar," which is part of Smith's title, it was more like he is an unknowable superstar. The weird thing is that Smith makes him seem knowable, even though seeing him being himself, you don't recognize the guy Smith is talking about. Does that make sense? 
