Posted on 07/11/2010 9:27:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mel Gibson seemed to weather the media firestorm that followed his drunk-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant in 2006.
A handful of Hollywood types called for a boycott, but Gibson’s apology tour somewhat smoothed things over. But the latest example of the actor’s bigotry—tapes of him threatening his girlfriend with awful racist and sexist taunts—is surely the final nail in the coffin. Gibson’s been dropped by his agency, William Morris Endeavor, just after his longtime agent Ed Limato died.
He hasn’t been a bankable star much recently, even though peers like Bruce Willis still nab action roles. Gibson may be able to make movies under his Icon production banner, but who would consider working with Gibson worth the risk to his or her reputation? Though he may have an international audience left, and could make a movie exclusively for another continent, who in North America would bankroll it?
Too bad that he has turned out to be such a freak. I loved him in “Braveheart” and when he produced “The Passion of the Christ” I assumed he was a decent guy.
They aren’t making a Passion of the Christ II?
Getting involved with a Russian goldigger wasn’t going to end well!
Why does he need a career? He’s a zillionaire.
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The Passion of Christ made him a target, too, in Satan’s eyes — and others’. Not to excuse him; he’s making some really terrible decisions these days.
The Passion of Christ made him a target, too, in Satan’s eyes — and others’. Not to excuse him; he’s making some really terrible decisions these days.
What a goofy, convoluted sentence. What's with the "much"? What does peers landing action roles have to do with Gibson's bank-ability?
Hey, we were thinking on the exact same lines ... :)
I missed his rant, and have only been reading about the fallout. Did he say something that was not true? Did he get angry in public? I’m one of those people who never says things he doesn’t mean, but I believe most people say things they don’t mean all the time. I’ve witnessed it - a lot.
I don’t mean to be cutting him slack, but I don’t know what he said or, more importantly, under what circumstances. Nor do I know what his follow up response was. I’d rather not cast the first stone...
So why is this guy different from Roman Polanski? Rape is no big deal to Hollywood, but this... Well this is a big deal.
All I can say is most of us are lucky we’re not public figures.
Here’s a little Poem by Emily Dickinson dedicated to all of us who are nobody’s...
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
So what??????????? BUT Black actors can say anything they want and not get called on it! Enough of this.
They called him MAD MAX for a reason.
It was a particularly cruel rant - calling his girlfriend all sorts of things. Sounded like he was very inibriated (not to give him an excuse). Google Mel Gibson Rant and I’m sure you can find it. However, listen with caution.
Like some earlier posters who mentioned Satan getting to him for making “The Passion of the Christ”, I tend to agree, and alcohol seems to be the vehicle of choice for the torment.
No matter the cause, Gibson still needs to account for his actions in some way. Too bad really.
it seems he had a decent start....but like most, he became 'Hollywooded'...that and....
Well you know son you just can't figure,
first thing you know you're gonna pull that trigger
and it's no wonder your reason goes bad -
jelly roll will drive you so mad
Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter
Mel committed the greatest sin known to man, he used the “N” word.
She taped his phone call.It was pretty raw.
Getting caught on tape using the n-word (and in the context of gang rape) will kill a career, real fast.
Give me his money and I npromise I won’t bother anyone, any more.
“He’s got to do something to make living worthwhile. He just has the URGE to do something.”
***
And he’s doing something — not necessarily good things.
Maybe he should get into collecting stamps or something. Would certainly cause him less trouble.
This isn’t rape ...
If Alec Baldwin leaves messages like this for his 12 year old daughter, I wonder how he sounds when he his breaking up with a nasty (grownup) Hollywood girlfriend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdqigsa2OE4
Thou shalt not take the PC’s Lord’s name in vain!
>His response — Ennui and Boredom..
The fact that he knows the term “Ennui” at all is a tribute.
I would wager that at least 95% of Americans wouldn’t have a clue...
But see, Alec didn't use the N-Word like Mel did, that's why Alec still gets work in Hollywood.
Alot of wisdom in some of those old ‘dead’ tunes.
It seems to me after his affair became public..He became unbalanced. In spite of he and his wife’s problems, she seemed to keep him in some kind of check.
When he lost Robyn he became undone.
my opinion anyway.
Gibson’s kinda been on Hollywood’s hit list ever since the “Passion” came out. Other celebrities get away with things just as bad or worse on a daily basis and the industry covers for them. Whatever, he has enough cash to finance his own projects if he wants to.
The Passion had nothing to do with the Bible, it was an almost verbatim copy of Anne Cathering Emerich’s book.
It wasn’t scriptural at all, it was Emerich’s book entirely
Martin Riggs had a N word partner he can’t be a racist
What an idiotic self aggrandizing piece of garbage-—Gibson can self finance and has no need of the W morris agcy. or anyone else.
Ari Emmanuel as a genocide promoter (canceled J-LO concert) has lots more worries than Gibson.
http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/jennifer-lopez/news/230048-jennifer-lopez-faces-40m-lawsuit
Maybe he wasn’t acting in those “Mad” Max or Lethal Weapon movies.
As for financing, I don’t think he needs anyone to bank roll his films. And if “nobody” will work with him that’s all for the better. Maybe they would go back to the good old days of having real character actors.
What made it different was the portrayal of the Jews in it.
ALL of the above films recount the Passion, the teachings of Christ, etc. Why this obsessive focus on Gibson’s film ? What makes it DIFFERENT ?
Not to excuse what Gibson said, it shows a true lack of class but since Che' is such a big icon to the left, especially Hollywood, maybe Gibson would be given a pass if he simply quoted Che
I don't know if this film was profitable but it definitely served to remind me that for all the recent bumps in Gibson's personal life (indeed, mostly self-inflicted), he is still a helluva entertainer.
I wonder how many of these people writting about how his career is over would feel about having their private spats at home be made public? I’ sure we would find many things to hold over their heads if the same happened to them.
Yup!
His rant was not flattering but he was objecting to her dressing like a slut and being phony - a “synthetic person”. She set him up and TAPED it. She knew him well enough to KNOW what he'd say.
Honestly, Id’ hate to have someone tape me with some of the things I say ... take a lesson from this.
What's ironic is is that the LIBERALS that decry this are WORSE than Mel! Ever hear how LIBERALS talks about Bush or Cheney? The double standard applies. In the situation of Mel, he wasn't THINKING with his big head and literally got screwed from every perspective. The fact that she is a home wrecker didn't matter. BTW, I don't believe he ever married her. So he'll just have child support to pay.
I, for one will see a good movie if he makes one.
If he makes a crappy one, I will not go see it.
Hollywood stars have said much worse in recent years. I have my own list of actors whose product will never again be bought by my family
Exactly. He has painted a huge target on him. Pray he repents.
He is exactly right-she dresses like a hooker, and he is upset over the implants and his baby nursing, etc. His rant was no different than what most men would say once they realized what they were dealing with. It was a lapse in judgment in the first place to have a relationship with someone like her.
Sorry to see this happen to him now in his life. He had a great wife and family and things have spiraled down for him since his divorce. Somewhere there is a good woman out there who will be able to steer him in the right direction.
For the middle part of his career, I think he was fighting desperately to keep his sanity. His three signature movies, Braveheart, the Patriot, and We Were Soldiers, were about a man who desired a safe family life, but ended up in the middle of chaotic battle. In the Patriot, in particular, his character had engaged in heinous acts during the indian wars, and was fighting that part of himself in his early refusals to take part in the rebellion.
During the time he was making these movies, he built his own church and attended masses in Latin. After the Passion of the Christ, he seemed to come unhinged again.
I think those three movies were somewhat autobiographical, in that his characters, while professing to want the safe family life, actually seemed far more alive when engaging in wild acts of violence. I know whenever I watched them, during the early setup, I was going, "Yeah, yeah, got the family. Go kill somebody, Mel." In his real life, the desire to become crazy was internal, rather than forced on him by Longshanks or the British army.
The point I find interesting about this is assuming Gibson is a Christian, people need to realize, we all are humans, we make bad choices, do bad things, continue to sin...so to speak.
I don't excuse Gibson or anyone from this, but you just know evil grates on a guy like this...
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