sorry, wrong place

who the hell thought it would be a good idea to make a movie about a little girl being fine with being murdered? and who the hell watched this kiddie-snuff-porn ('scuze me, this 'work of art')?

people believed it?
only very few people *really* believed it. most were just hedging their bets: had strong suspicions of a hoax but didn't want to come of as unfeeling in the unlikely event it would be real.
safer to bet on it being real and looking a bit sheepish if it's not then go on record saying it's fake and…

he can also gain weight on command.

apart from failing to understand basic human psyche: everybody hates the guy who starts yelling at the dude on stage, it's also pretty rude towards phoenix's fans (i'm using the word 'fan' loosely here) in that room who are now basically told they're empty shells of celebrity-obsessed humans.