Posted on 12/07/2006 7:11:02 PM PST by paudio
Some descendants of the Maya tribes depicted in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto have denounced the movie as racist and not representative of their ancient culture. In an interview with Reuters, Ignacio Ochoa, director of the Nahual Foundation, said, "Gibson replays, in glorious big budget Technicolor, an offensive and racist notion that Maya people were brutal to one another long before the arrival of Europeans and thus they deserved, in fact, needed, rescue." Lucio Yaxon, described by Reuters as a 23-year-old Mayan human rights activist, added, "Basically, the director is saying the Mayans are savages." Today's (Thursday) Los Angeles Times noted that archaeologist Richard Hansen was on hand throughout the shooting of the film, lending his advice to the production team. Production designer Tom Sanders told the newspaper, "It was really fun to say [to Hansen], 'Is there any proof they didn't do this?' When he said, 'There is no proof they didn't do that, ' that gives you some license to play."
they need to work those cavemen into the Miller lite "Man Law" commercials-
What would they say to my mixing bloody mary mix and beer? Just the thing when I have a headache and need a drink.
If I were Gibson, I'd write a Mayan apology on my butt cheeks and show it whenever the issue came up.
That's great!
"The epidemic of cocoliztli from1545 to 1548 killed an estimated 5 million to 15 million people, or up to 80% of the native population of Mexico (Figure 1). In absolute and relative terms the 1545 epidemic was one of the worst demographic catastrophes in human history, approaching even the Black Death of bubonic plague, which killed approximately 25 million in western Europe from 1347 to 1351 or about 50% of the regional population."
"The cocoliztli epidemic from 1576 to 1578 cocoliztli epidemic killed an additional 2 to 2.5 million people, or about 50% of the remaining native population."
What does Maya Angelou have against the movie?
Sounds interesting and a "will see" for me..saw the trailer of the making of the film and that was interesting in itself.
Looks good. Bones through their noses, lots of tattoos, spear chucking, sacrifice, jaguars, jungle temples, cut throats. I'm there, Mel.
Mayans were savages, like most other inhabitants of pre-Columbian America.
All the killing was about protein. They ate the victims because there weren't any large animals to provide the needed protein.
Cave men tend to be snooty. It's accurate.
Nawwwwww, playing 'hockey' with heads cut off of captives, that was SO civilized. Cutting out human hearts, eating gizzards --- almost as civilized as the still-living-on-earth 7th century Muzzies are today.
And George Bush did nothing to prevent it. Totally heartless!
The Mayans?? A new member of the "Our Lady of the Perpetually Offended" congregation.
The people in that region are very angry at the Spanish and colonization, much more than in most parts of Mexico. It definitely colors their thinking.
The Mayan's WERE savages. They loved human sacrifice, especially children.
Me either. Creepy.
Vikings could be savages, too, but I'm not offended by that fact. People need to get a life.
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