Oh Mel.
Mel, Mel, Mel.
I wish I could remember you like this...
Instead I'm always going to think of you like this...
Oh dear.
In case you hadn't heard, Mel Gibson has offended everyone again. Click here for the full story. Just imagine I'm saying the word 'allegedly' a lot in this post. I can't bothered typing it when it's all going to turn out to be true anyway.
I've been reading a lot of comments on different websites about this (bad idea by the way) and there are a few things leaping out at me that really don't sit well with me.
Firstly, his use of THAT word. Opinion seems to be that it's just a word. It's only offensive when put in the right (or wrong) context.... Have these people read the quote?! I'm not sure I can think of a worse context for the word to appear in. He wishes rape on the mother of his child by, we can only assume, people he thinks of as less than him. Otherwise he'd be threatening to do it himself.
Next, the focus on racism. Yes it's terrible and, given his comments about jews from the last time he opened his mouth, interesting to comment on. Throw in the holocaust denying father and it's a great story but what about the rest?
Threatening to burn the house down followed by "but you will blow me first" just isn't cool Mel. I've a feeling that line will become infamous. This, along with the allegations that he knocked her teeth out adds up to some pretty disgusting behaviour.
Mel explained away his last outburst as "the ramblings of a drunkard" Will he try to do the same here? I hope not. It's much too serious for that. People will lose patience. How terrible do his actions have to be before he's forced to get help?
In the interest of balance, here's a question for you. Does knowing these things about him, or any other celebrity, affect how you see them and their work? This might be different for everyone. I think it will with me. My brain knows that it shouldn't matter. A good performance is a good performance. A good director a good director. Actors are human and make mistakes. Mel just doesn't seem to be doing a good job of being a human and that's something that sticks in my throat.
On to cheerier news. You know when a film has just opened and fans are asked for their first reactions? Turns out they're not always good. Poor Last Airbender... not the publicity they were hoping for.
Last but certainly not least, this amazing video of the 100 greatest movie insults. It's 10 mins long and VERY sweary but brilliant.
A couple of faves...
"Hey laser lips, your mamma was a snowblower!"
"Look up 'idiot' in the dictionary, do you know what you'll find?"
"A picture of me?"
"No. The definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are."
A couple of faves...
"Hey laser lips, your mamma was a snowblower!"
"Look up 'idiot' in the dictionary, do you know what you'll find?"
"A picture of me?"
"No. The definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are."
6 comments:
Between his traffic stop and this phone call, Mel has pretty much shown his true colors.
And that is a sexist,anti-semitic racist. He deserves nothing but our contempt.
AND, as if being a bigoted, misogynistic anti-semite was not bad enough, it says in that article that he also dissed TIMOTHY DALTON! There's a fucking line, Gibson, and YOU just crossed it!
Exactly! Nobody disses The Dalton and gets away with it. The man delivered one of my fave lines in any film, ever.
"Ow! Thish really hurtsh... I'm gonna need shome ice-creeeem."
You diss Timothy Dalton, and he will get you with the combined might of James Bond and Rassilon. So yeah, Mel Gibson is goind down.
Also - if I wasn't going to see The Last Airbender before (I can't watch while they kill my favourite series) I'm definitely not going now.
"Youuuuur mother was a hampster, and youuuuuuur father smelt of elderberries!" Genius.
Mad Max to being Mad Mel!! Way to go genius...in future the world can look to your example in how to ruin a career!!!
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