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'O that Mel Gibson what won't he say next. You almost have to feel sorry for him. And, for a moment I do, I used to think Gibson was one of Hollywood's best actors. A man's man. Not a silly pretty boy, but a genuine actor. And he's more than an actor. "Braveheart" is an awesome movie (for which Gibson won Academy Awards), "Apocalypse" is also awesome and albeit "The Passion" did contain antisemitic depictions of Jews the movie was still a sincere and brilliant piece of film making that was powerful and emotionally stunning, and it was clear Gibson wrote and directed it from the heart.
Gibson was one of Hollywood's biggest stars and achieved a level of prominence that few have. So it's sad to see such a fall and one where Gibson continues to burrow himself.
His first antisemitic outburst could have been forgiven as a drunkard tirade and reflecting nothing more than bitter resentment over some Jewish critics of "The Passion" who said the film would incite antisemitism (Gibson noted, correctly, that such decries did not materialize and that is why he harbors lingering anger), but the fact that he has gone beyond that is clear that he is a real bigot.
Gibson recently was overheard making anti-black comments. But Jews seemed to be his primary target. And he's antisemitism is long-standing apparently. Jewish actress (and former shop lifter) Winona Ryder recently recounted an event several years back when Gibson made a Holocaust-laced antisemitic comment against her:
“I was at one of those big Hollywood parties. And he (Gibson) was really drunk. I was with my friend, who’s gay. He made a really horrible gay joke. And somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about ‘oven dodgers,’ but I didn't get it.”
Ryder told the magazine that she had never heard that term before.
“It was just this weird, weird moment. I was like, ‘He's anti-Semitic and he's homophobic.’ No one believed me!”
Gibson's father is a Holocaust denier so we know where he get's it.
