There are a couple of other missteps along the way, mainly the use of animation (and only in the first episode). The truncation of Wood's very interesting years-long advocacy of the Phoenix Act is a baffling choice. The leaping around in chronology is unnecessarily confusing, and the Phoenix Act battle-where she testifies before the California legislature, pleading the bill's case to different representatives-is over in about 10 minutes, never to be mentioned again. There's a very brief section showing her recent attempts to extend the statute of limitations for domestic abuse allegations to 10 years, in a bill called the Phoenix Act. Alongside all of this, Wood reminisces about her childhood, and what it was like to be a young teenage actress in Hollywood (newsflash: it isn't pretty). Other women have come forward telling very similar stories to Wood's, and there is an emotional scene in "Phoenix Rising" when the survivors get together to swap notes. Manson has denied all of Wood's allegations, and just filed a lawsuit against her, where he makes some pretty damning accusations of his own. It took her a couple of attempts to finally extricate herself, helped by the intervention of family and friends. He was, according to her, cruel, controlling, abusive. Wood continued to work in interesting projects (" Across the Universe," " The Wrestler"), but behind the scenes things were spiraling out of control.
The Manson-Wood relationship was tabloid-fodder (as his relationships always were), and "Heart-Shaped Glasses" fanned the flames. The "friendship" with Wood segued into a relationship (and probably brought about an end to his marriage). Manson had seen "Thirteen," and wanted to collaborate on a project about Lewis Carroll called "Phantasmagoria." Manson was then married to burlesque artist Dita von Teese. Wood met Manson (referred to as "Brian Warner," his original name, throughout) at the Chateau Marmont in 2005. "Phoenix Rising" opens in 2020, with Wood poring over her 2007 journals, reading sections aloud to her friend Illma Gore (introduced as "activist"). In 2021, Wood decided to go public with her abuse allegations and Amy Berg's two-part documentary "Phoenix Rising" details that process. This was the kind of "press" Wood got, and it created an energy around her, one she was helpless to combat, particularly since she was trapped in an abusive relationship with Manson at the time. Over the years, as gossip blogger Perez Hilton has occasionally tried to re-brand himself as a kinder warm-fuzzier version, it's impossible to forget that he nicknamed the actress "Evan Rachel Whore," and would scribble the word "HO" over her face. "Heart-Shaped Glasses" was a turning point for Wood, who had first made a splash with her performance in 2003's "Thirteen," and got labeled as a "troubled teen." After the "Heart-Shaped Glasses" video, she was "trouble," period. Manson was always criticized for taking things too far, but "Heart-Shaped Glasses" was another level. Even if you weren't paying close attention to cultural gossip in 2007, the uproar about Marilyn Manson's "Heart-Shaped Glasses" video-starring his 20-year-old girlfriend, actress Evan Rachel Wood-probably reached your ears.
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