Thursday, April 19, 2012
Big....Bigger....Biggot
So this morning I saw that more tape had been leaked of Mel Gibson freaking out. Why is this shocking? Why is it a surprise? Who cares? Honestly.......w.h.o c.a.r.e.s Apparently he was working on a movie called "The Maccabees". (hehe) To make a short story even shorter his co-writer wrote him a letter, post vacation freak out, that he realized that Mel was just doing this movie to mend his anti-Semitic image but that he really hates Jews. In the words of my 6th grade self.......No Duh. Is this really surprising to anyone. If it came out today that Morgan Freeman hated white people tomorrow we'd see previews for "How Miss Daisy Got Her Groove Back". Of course Mel is trying to save his career. He went from hollywoods hottest Aussie to hollywoods incredibly haggard looking jew-hater. He's probably had a complete nervous breakdown. Why does it matter so much whether or not he is a biggot. The majority of the population is to some extent. He should be reprimanded for not keeping it to himself. When you become a movie star or anything else in the public eye you have no business spouting any sort of hatred at anytime. You have chosen to have people look up to you and therefore have chosen to hold yourself to a higher standard. On the other side of the coin America, you have to be a little more consistent with this whole "we are so offended" fad. Chris Brown beat the crap out of a woman. Black eyes, bruises, swollen face, cuts......the whole nine. Yet, you people are still buying this mo fo's records and concert tickets. All I picture is the classic Nixon pose flashing the double peace sign with a text bubble that says " I just beat the hell out of my wife....but I Love Me Some Jews!!!!" Sounds like something you'd see in the comics of the paper. The crazy thing is that this is exactly what we are saying. If its excusable for a man to beat a woman why is it inexcusable for someone spout ignorant racial slurs? I'm no feminist but if Mel Gibson hated women would this be as big of an issue?
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Heh heh heh.
ReplyDeleteIt never ceases to amaze me how many people take the actions of the famous (and moderately famous: I mean, really, who the heck CARES what the Khardashians are up to? Why are they even remotely famous?) draw the attention of people. I like the band U2 well enough, and I can certainly admire what Bono is trying to do, but at the end of the day his political opinions mean exactly nothing to me.
Mel Gibson is a good actor and a pretty solid director from what I've seen. Is he ever going to win awards for Mr. Congeniality? Probably not, but then again he's made his career as an actor and director (Also, Bonnie would have been the first to point out that Hugh Jackman was MUCH hotter in the Aussie department, Russel Crowe, too for that matter.). That said, a good does of sobriety and a few hundred courses in anger management might make his life a wee bit easier.
Speaking of anger management, Chris Brown. The little darlin' could write the best song ever and he'd still be a weenie. Sorry, but any "man" who feels the need to beat a woman until she resembles hamburger deserves nothing but contempt a a serious span of jail time. Not my idea of a stellar performer in the first place and after that particular stunt not much of a man, either.
But Hollywood is forgiving, just as long as you don't repeat your mistake too often and it isn't actually caught on tape. the difference, I suspect, is that Mel was foolish enough to be caught on tape and Brown wasn't either filmed or recorded in the process. He was news, but not really the sort that could be played endlessly as a sound byte or on YouTube's greatest hits.