Mel Gibson Needs More Anger Management Classes
March 26th 2007 04:19
Looks like Mel Gibson still has a few issues with his anger. Mel's now famous temper came to public notice last year after he was arrested for drunk driving and indulged himself in a tirade about jews. And now, he's done it again.
Last Thursday night, Mel went ballistic at Cal State University where he was speaking to a film class about his movie Apocalytpo.
After Mel's presentation, Alicia Estrada, an Assistant Professor of Central American Studies asked Mel if he had read up on Mayan culture before making Apocalypto. Gibson said that he had. Ms Estrada pressed further, stating that portraying the Mayans in the movie as indulging in sacrificial ceremonies and showing them as having bloodthirsty tendencies was both wrong and racist.
Gibson then exploded in anger telling Estrada to "Lady, Fuck Off".
Mel apparently became even more angry when members of the Mayan community protested about the way they were portrayed in the room. Eventually unhappy protesters were escorted from the room, but not before Gibson could yell at them to "make their own movie".
Don't you just love Mel?????
Actually, I'm with him on this one. C'mon people......it's a movie. It's not real life. I'm sure it makes for a better story if the Mayan's were bloodthirsty savages. Get over it!
Last Thursday night, Mel went ballistic at Cal State University where he was speaking to a film class about his movie Apocalytpo.
After Mel's presentation, Alicia Estrada, an Assistant Professor of Central American Studies asked Mel if he had read up on Mayan culture before making Apocalypto. Gibson said that he had. Ms Estrada pressed further, stating that portraying the Mayans in the movie as indulging in sacrificial ceremonies and showing them as having bloodthirsty tendencies was both wrong and racist.
Gibson then exploded in anger telling Estrada to "Lady, Fuck Off".
Mel apparently became even more angry when members of the Mayan community protested about the way they were portrayed in the room. Eventually unhappy protesters were escorted from the room, but not before Gibson could yell at them to "make their own movie".
Don't you just love Mel?????
Actually, I'm with him on this one. C'mon people......it's a movie. It's not real life. I'm sure it makes for a better story if the Mayan's were bloodthirsty savages. Get over it!
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Comment by Bryn
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Poor Mel ... the whole world's against him.
Perhaps he should re-consider and do George Miller's Fury Road ...? Y'know, vent a little Mad Max anger.
Comment by KylieW
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Yeah, I think that's exactly what Mel needs. An outlet to let some of that anger out!
Kylie
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That chewy.....so attractive.....oooof
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Comment by DuskDevi
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Don't people have anything better to do?....other than yell at actors who get paid to pretend they know more than they do....sheesh...
Mel needs a blog....www.madtothemax.com
Are you well KW?
Dusk
Comment by David
I would have said the same thing Mel did ...
Make your own movie ...
Somehow though, I don't think a film about the Mayan women's league sitting around knitting and talking about how they're not a bloodthirsty race for two hours would make all that compelling cinema ...
David ...
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Did Aussies complain about Crocodile Dundee? No. Harden the fuck up, Mayans.
Comment by KylieW
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Comment by Damo
It was a movie not a doco.
there is also a kind of Mayan lobby that believes that they could do no wrong. A utopian view of the noble savage which fails to look at evidence that disproves it.
I think this was just a case of Mel dealing with a heckler.
Comment by KylieW
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Very good point. People just need to relax!!!
Kylie
Comment by Bryn
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WOW.
I didn't realise it was based on a grpahic novel.
It's not historically accurate in the slightest.
It's totally stylised.
The Persians are portrayed as a decadent and mythical bunch of sexually confused meglamaniacs,
The Spartans are all handsome as hell with perfect teeth and perfect enunciation.
The violence is uber and overtly stylised.
Makes for great cinema though!!!!
Comment by yoda76
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Apparently not, but that should be Directors, not Actors.. ;o)
It's totally stylised. Makes for great cinema though!!!!
My point exactly. I can't stand people that assume a film based on history has to be 100% accurate. How the hell can you claim accuracy in ancient history anyway?? Even the most documented events are sketchy, and often entwined with mythology anyways.
Apolcalypto was a film about a guy and his family, set across the backdrop of an imploding civilisation. Who cares about accuracy? It's enterntainment, and damn good entertainment at that.
In Mel's own words: "Lady, Fuck Off". (Not you, Kylie!!)
I would have reacted the same way!
Keep up the good work KW.
Comment by yoda76
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Surely there's a time and place to address certain things? Everyone is entitled to an opinion at the end of the day, but what the hell!?
Comment by KylieW
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You mean all the Spartans might not have actually have been buffed and hot??? Well damn!
Yoda76 - I agree with you 100%. And you're right, the people who interupted were petulant and had their own agendas.
Comment by JohnDoe
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As for Spartans, they were actually all in peak physical condition, becaue the runts of the litter were disposed of at a young age. They were not steroid buff like in the movie, but as a warrior race with a strict regime of constant battle training they would have had naturally large physiques.
The Persians persuasions are a different matter.....
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