The Passion experience--especially the part in which critics hurled anti-Semitism charges at Gibson, an ultraconservative Roman Catholic whose father has questioned whether the Holocaust happened--thickened Gibson's hide along with his wallet. So if there are complaints about Apocalypto's portrayal of human sacrifice by the Maya, whose mostly impoverished descendants today are a cause célèbre for liberals, Gibson says he won't care. Time
Monday, March 20, 2006
"Time"
What does Mel Gibson's father have to do with Mel's new movie? Time just wants to take a jab at Mel. Imagine if Francis Ford Coppola had a new movie coming out and they wrote: "The Godfather Part III experience, especially when critics panned it, left Coppola, an Italian, whose Italian compatriots where responsible for the Mafia, in a more...." Is the liberal media getting more brazen these days?
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D'oh! The issue of Mel Gibson's father is raised in relation to the criticisms that he faced in connection with his last film.
Now, the article is not making these criticisms anew. It is reporting how these criticisms played out. Gibson was accused of making an anti-Semitic film. The anti-Semitic religious politics of his father were brought into this debate.
The article reports how this experience of criticism, which involved discussion of Gibson's family, has left him with little concern for the opinions of critics.
It is all very straightforward...
I'm tempted to agree w/ Andrew here. The Christopher and I have argued this point offline and I kind of think the reporter was just painting a background picture.
I'm tempted to agree w/ Andrew here. The Christopher and I have argued this point offline and I kind of think the reporter was just painting a background picture.
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