Mel Gibson's Meltdown

Slate ^ | 07-31-06 | Christopher Hitchens

[frogjerk]

That bad actor and worse director Mel Gibson

Yes, he is an idiot and has a drinking problem but to call him a bad actor and worse director is, in my opinion, incorrect.

[cspackler]

I believe that we now know Mel's true colors, but this piece is a prime example of really awful writing.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

There was more than only antiSemitism that Gibson did badly.

[Darkwolf377]

While I've often wondered about Hitchens' obvious hatred of Israel (which might explain his rush to attack someone else for this reason--"No, no, there's a REAL anti-Semite!")...he happens to be right. You don't just get drunk and turn into a Jew-hater. Something you're holding in emerges.

[Dark Skies]

One can tell from the photo that he included in his article that Hitchens isn't much of a Gibson fan...

[frogjerk]

You don't just get drunk and turn into a Jew-hater. Something you're holding in emerges.

I think you are correct. If I got all stupid drunk and started spewing trash talk it wouldn't be about the Jews...It would probably be about the Boston Red Sox, liberals or IslamoNazis...

[Always Right]

In Mel's defense, he said nothing that Hillary Clinton or the New York Times haven't already said.

[PetroniusMaximus]

Where was the,

"He is sick to his empty core with man-boy love."

... comments about Michael Jackson? I don't seem to remember those.

[Minnesocold]

"Mad Max: Beyond the Blunderdome"

[Always Right]

Pat Buchanan is a Jew-hater, but since he hates Bush just as much, all is good.

[GSlob]

"Bad actor and worse director"?? Hitchens needs to get real. Whatever else Gibson might be, these do not apply.

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

I hear some whining from somewhere off to the left, I wonder what it is.....

[Redcloak]

...and Hillary(!) was sober.

[ReaganandDubyaForever]

We think she was...

[Skooz]

He is sick to his empty core with Jew-hatred.

Oh, please. I am going to need more evidence than a single drunken tirade to reach that conclusion.

[My2Cents]

Hitch probably still PO'ed at the success of "The Passion."

[Nice50BMG]

People who get DUI's don't normall have 8 pages of information largely unrelated to the crime itself transcribed by law enforrcement.

But please, Mel... get help... and realize that that guy you made a movie about was and still is a Jew.

[beaversmom]

Shut up Hitchens. Mel is an a$$hole but so are you. You dislike anyone that believes in God. That's your real beef. The biggest problem with Mel isn't that he expressed some anti-semitic views. His biggest problem is that he is a selfish drunk. Maybe Hitchens doesn't want to focus on that problem because it hits a little too close to home. BTW, I enjoy both Gibson and Hitchens, but they are both a$$holes.