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Mel Gibson: I’m sorry (again)
It’s not nice to smile when someone else is in trouble – unless it’s Mel Gibson, that is, actor in his own right and the man behind the infamously violent and controversial film, The Passion of the Christ. He’s admitted making anti-semitic remarks when arrested for drink-driving.
Nobody should be surprised. [[Mel Gibson]] has long promoted his own brand of religious purity, which involves a slavish devotion to Roman Catholicism, breeding like there’s no tomorrow, condemnation of homosexuals and attacks on anyone involved in any relationship other than strictly monogamous and heterosexual. He is also renowned for his conservative, traditional views on women, who he seems to believe should be submissive home-makers and child-bearers and not much else.
Braveheart was a film project Gibson was responsible for and starred in. It was not only wildly historically inaccurate but portrayed the violent murder of a character said to be homosexual as something to laugh at, while The Passion of the Christ was accused of carrying anti-semitic messages, which the actor vehemently denied although the anti-Jewish dialogue in the film was clear enough to most commentators. It became known to many as the first-ever 18-certificate Christian horror film.
While much attention is rightly being focussed on Gibson’s anti-semitic remarks, Gibson has been quick to apologise. He has also in the past tried to make amends to the gay community, although his repentance statements and actions where Jews and gays are concerned smack of deriving from a need to ensure his own commercial and artistic survival rather than coming from a genuine sense of having done wrong.
Just as important, although sidelined in the media right now, is the fact that Gibson was driving while intoxicated. This puts not only his own life at risk but the lives of other motorists and pedestrians.
It seems after his latest public outburst Gibson’s career in Hollywood may well be over. His appeal to the Jewish community for ‘help with his recovery’ is shamelessly and transparently self-serving. It has very little if anything to do with genuine repentance and promoting love and tolerance. It may well be wrong of me but I can’t help thinking Gibson’s downfall is long overdue and very much deserved. Of course the man may be genuinely sorry – it’s possible for anyone to change – but something tells me otherwise given his track record.
You can read the BBC News story here.
