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Mel Gibson's Career Seems Over
The Daily Beast ^ | 07/11/2010

Posted on 07/11/2010 9:27:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Completely forgot about that film. I saw it on the day it opened.


81 posted on 07/11/2010 11:05:30 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: SeekAndFind

Mel screwed up big time. He will weather it but it will take time. What is interesting is how selective the outrage is. I find far more damning the actors who defend tyrannical socialist dictators and in a better world their careers would be over. Instead a person says dumb angry things in fit of rage and they are an indication of character or lack their of? No I don’t buy it. The cold calculating hate of the left is far more deserving of ostracization but it will never get it’s due. I don’t defend Mel’s stupid angry statements but to say such statements are the sum of the man is wrong when evil walks in plain sight and is broadcast to millions as if normal and good.


82 posted on 07/11/2010 11:25:52 AM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "give me liberty or give me a govt check!")
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To: SeekAndFind

I just watched his movie “edge of darkness” i believe and it was awsome! and he was great in it.

I’ll continue to go to his movies as much as possible because i like his movies. He’s entitled to his opinions. he’s entitled to like or dislike anyone he wants and i really don’t care.


83 posted on 07/11/2010 11:26:13 AM PDT by annelizly
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To: buccaneer81
Getting caught on tape using the n-word (and in the context of gang rape) will kill a career, real fast.

Yeah, he should have said "crackers".

84 posted on 07/11/2010 11:33:26 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, jumping the shark is a sad thing for someone of his talents to do.


85 posted on 07/11/2010 11:35:46 AM PDT by redhead (BP Gulf Blowout Debacle: Obama's CHERNOBYL.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Reminds me of a Doonesbury back when it was sometimes funny. He had his super rich rockstar character take up stamp collecting so the rockstar calls up his stamp dealer and says send over every stamp put out by a certain country whose name I cannot recall and then hangs up. Rockstar then turns to his wife and says well that was fun now what country should I collect next.


86 posted on 07/11/2010 11:36:44 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Cheetahcat

Must have been all that time he had to spend with Danny Glover.

I’ll start getting upset about people using the “N” word when blacks get upset about other blacks using derogatory language about whites or the New Black Pampers threat to kill whit people or white babies.


87 posted on 07/11/2010 11:38:32 AM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Americanexpat

Must have been all that time he had to spend with Danny Glover.

I’ll start getting upset about people using the “N” word when blacks get upset about other blacks using derogatory language about whites or the New Black Pampers threat to kill whit people or white babies.

Exactly, I could NOW care Less about the N word or whatever.


88 posted on 07/11/2010 11:46:37 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: mlizzy
I have no doubt the devil has worked overtime leading Mel to temptations after he made that wonderful film i.e his drinking, divorce, etc. However, perhaps now the Lord is leading him back through scorn. Scorn is a public awareness that you are not the swell person that everyone thought you were. It is also when everyone knows that you're weak, imperfect, and sinful. Most of us don't really want such a heavy dose of self-knowledge, but self-knowledge is the key to attaining holiness in this life. While at the present time Mel may experience some pretty awful times, we should pray that he will grow closer to God in his newfound humility and move light-years forward.

I hope he discovers that his gifts and talents-his judgment, and his popularity can be taken away by God just as easily as they were given to him, and that now he may become humbled before God and man.

89 posted on 07/11/2010 12:01:18 PM PDT by Gerish (Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.)
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To: dfwgator

To be blunt, it wasn’t just that he used the N-word, but used it in such an derogatory fashion that it’s really hard to explain or excuse it away. It doesn’t really get much worse than suggesting that your wife is going to raped by “N-words” based on the way she dressed.


90 posted on 07/11/2010 12:29:37 PM PDT by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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To: RobRoy
I seem to remember that he has a drinking problem...some with drinking problems go mean, some go funny, some go sloppy.

If he's a mean drunk, that could explain his rages...Had a friend that was funny and personalble, very likable, but at a certain point of drink, (you could see it coming) he turned mean as hell....didn't remember it the next day...

91 posted on 07/11/2010 12:40:20 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: LiveFree99

You are right about the importance of the distribution issue, BUT I believe Mel has his own distribution company.


92 posted on 07/11/2010 12:47:46 PM PDT by eleni121 (But now, he that has a moneybag take it; without a sword let him sell his garment, and buy one.)
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To: SeekAndFind
And I think this movie has the greatest chase scene since Cornel Wilde's “The Naked Prey”!
93 posted on 07/11/2010 12:51:02 PM PDT by Reily
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To: skeptoid

FYI He is Rahm’s brother — and J-LO was the one who canceled the concert NOT the agency - but she cannot say that for contractual reasons.


94 posted on 07/11/2010 12:52:24 PM PDT by eleni121 (But now, he that has a moneybag take it; without a sword let him sell his garment, and buy one.)
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To: Gene Eric
Anger isn’t a crime and we shouldn’t fall into the Liberal trap of making it one.

Technically speaking, death threats to your live-in lover are a crime.

95 posted on 07/11/2010 12:53:46 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t it funny that the boot licking Obama media, cbs, nbc, cnn, msnbc,and abc find the time to roast Mel Gibson at nausium to the lethargic American public but WE SEE OR HEAR NOTHING ON THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY SCUMBAG YELLING KILL WHITEY AND CRACKER BABIES. Just in case you havent noticed oh elitist reporters of crap most of you are white and have white cracker babies!


96 posted on 07/11/2010 12:58:03 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (@#$^%$#!@$#!&*&%)
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To: Brilliant
William Morris principal Ari Emanuel (yes Rahm's bro) reportedly declared that they will not represent anyone who uses the "N" word. News is slow to come regarding the fates of other WMA acts including; Eminem, Ice Cube, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and SnoopDog among others.

Incidentally, Ari Emanuel was once quoted as saying about blacks (when refusing a script offered to Wesley Snipes) "That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Everyone knows that blacks don’t swim!"

97 posted on 07/11/2010 1:11:18 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: nmh

Someone else thinks and hears with insight. This was a complete setup, you can tell by her overly calm demeanor. She set him up, spun him into a frenzy, then turned on the recording. Is this legal? I thought people who did this sort of thing were prosecuted? On a final note, it was not that out of line, even the usage of the N word, if it came out of Pee Doody’s mouth, would be brushed away.


98 posted on 07/11/2010 1:27:19 PM PDT by runninglips (Don't support the Republican party, work to "fundamentally change" it...conservative would be nice)
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To: dalereed

I was at an intersection in front a a “gear and trim” shop, a sailor was walking towards it in a normal stride, as soon as he passed the door frame, he completely changed his posture, swaying back and forth, and pulled his pants down lower. That is not the first time I have noticed this chameleon like move by black men, and it won’t be the last. Working construction, a black man walked up to me and asked for a cigarette....I did not smoke, he went to a black co worker and said, say bruh, gots a coo man? Just one step away from me, he was a different person.


99 posted on 07/11/2010 1:33:12 PM PDT by runninglips (Don't support the Republican party, work to "fundamentally change" it...conservative would be nice)
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To: runninglips
“Someone else thinks and hears with insight. This was a complete setup, you can tell by her overly calm demeanor.”

Yes, she sounds like Mother Teresa. She baited him and then started the recording. I guarantee it. She already knew how she would respond to him. Yes, the unashamed home wrecker, played it well on the recording ... . Someone screwing around with a married man has NO CHARACTER in my book. Mel was STUPID.

“She set him up, spun him into a frenzy, then turned on the recording. Is this legal?”

Without CONSENT, I doubt that it could be admitted in court. I doubt Mel KNEW she was recording him. He sounds like he's two sheets to the wind. His speech is slurred.

“I thought people who did this sort of thing were prosecuted? On a final note, it was not that out of line, even the usage of the N word, if it came out of Pee Doody’s mouth, would be brushed away.”

Well, it depends on WHO it is. If the person is CATHOLIC which btw I am not) or conservative (which I am), then you are FAIR GAME.

OTOH, if you are s LIBERAL, it is understood that you have NO BOUNDARIES. That's the only difference I can determine.

100 posted on 07/11/2010 1:34:19 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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