Episode Thirty, Artists who died for their art

This episode was available for our $9+ Patreons. This week we are swamped with work so releasing it as a general release episode for all our listeners.

This week Russ and Grace talk about artists who have died for their art, their jobs, their passions.

Joi was filming the motorcycle stunt for Deadpool 2 in Vancouver Canada. The cameras track her riding out of the open doors of a building, across a concrete pad and down a ramp, before coming to a stop. After a number of successful rehearsal takes, Joi rode the start of the stunt correctly and as planned, before continuing to drive down a second ramp. It's here that she struck the curb, and was then thrown towards, and actually went through, a glass window of a nearby building...

Show note links

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/18/walking-dead-stuntman-john-bernecker-death-court-reveals-horrifying-details-11928556/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/walking-dead-stuntman-john-bernecker-death-jury-verdict-a9254706.html

https://www.earnthenecklace.com/john-bernecker-wiki-cause-of-injury-girlfriend-facts/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4130008/Resident-Evil-stunt-woman-reveals-twisted-crash.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bernecker

https://www.stewartslaw.com/news/olivia-jackson-resident-evil-stuntwoman-court-victory/

https://deadline.com/2020/04/resident-evil-stuntwoman-life-changing-injuries-south-african-court-ruling-1202912429/

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