Mel Gibson Arrested for DUI [Archive]

Gn2Dlnd

07-28-2006, 03:36 PM

It's not (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushdui1.html)?

And, of course, there are the twins (http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnists/wickham/2001-06-06-wickham.htm), and mama (http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/laura.asp). Okay, that last one didn't involve drinking, just bad driving.

I'm sure Mel will make a grand public apology. Oprah's people are probably on the phone as we speak.

Got Jesus Juice?

Not Afraid

07-28-2006, 03:45 PM

Maybe we'll spot Mel at an AA meeting.

OK, that was wrong on many accounts.

Gemini Cricket

07-28-2006, 03:52 PM

Maybe we'll spot Mel at an AA meeting.
God willing...

;)

Gn2Dlnd

07-28-2006, 04:02 PM

OK, that was wrong on many accounts.

So very many. :cheers:

Ghoulish Delight

07-28-2006, 04:22 PM

Yo, that picture makes Mel look crazy, y'all...
:DDude, that picture's got nothing on this one...

http://www.nbc4.tv/2006/0728/9594044_400X300.jpg
:eek: WTF? Has he signed on to play Sadaam somewhere?

source (http://www.nbc4.tv/entertainment/9594008/detail.html#)

RStar

07-28-2006, 09:37 PM

Umm, that arrest card says Bush, Osorge W.

Who's that?
:rolleyes:

Kevy Baby

07-29-2006, 08:27 AM

Speaking of scary pictures, this seems like a good time to resurrect this one of Nick Nolte from his run-in:

http://www.thatsweird.net/mugshots/nick_nolte.jpg

CoasterMatt

07-29-2006, 09:09 AM

Dude... I've got that shirt

Isaac

07-29-2006, 12:39 PM

According to a new article, Mel also made some anti-semitic comments.

http://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/gibsons-anti-semitic-tirade-alleged-cover-up/

"F*****g Jews... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

:rolleyes:

scaeagles

07-29-2006, 01:24 PM

I read that....perhaps GD is right and he IS getting ready to play Osama.

Motorboat Cruiser

07-29-2006, 04:52 PM

Apparently he issued an apology (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/28/gibson.dui/index.html) today.

Gemini Cricket

07-31-2006, 05:26 AM

"What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"
Ugh. :rolleyes:

Ghoulish Delight

07-31-2006, 08:02 AM

You know there are some things, like, oh, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," for which, "Gosh, I'm sorry, I was drunk," doesn't cut it.

Gemini Cricket

07-31-2006, 08:09 AM

You know there are some things, like, oh, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," for which, "Gosh, I'm sorry, I was drunk," doesn't cut it.
Totally. Bleh.

Ralphie and I were talking about this this morning. Alcohol loosens your inhibitions. Lots of times, it makes you say things unrestrained. It makes me feel that Gibson truly believes the crap he spewed.

innerSpaceman

07-31-2006, 08:10 AM

Yeah, and I might not have believed that tabloid link, except that Mel sort of admitted to his statements in his apology ... that, yeah, does not cut it for this jewboy over here.

Heheh, I still like him in Signs and Road Warrior, but maybe I will finally sit down and watch Passion of the Christ to fuel my furor.

scaeagles

07-31-2006, 08:26 AM

I was one who never bought into any antisemitic motivations behind his Passion of the Christ. I am rethinking that position.

Motorboat Cruiser

07-31-2006, 08:35 AM

Yeah, and I might not have believed that tabloid link, except that Mel sort of admitted to his statements in his apology .

My thoughts exactly.

Alex

07-31-2006, 09:45 AM

I am, though, kind of puzzled at the claims by some that this should end his career.

If you can rape a minor, escape to Europe pending trial, and still be hailed as a genius in exile then I don't see that holding anti-semitic beliefs (and apparently having done nothing much to act on them) should be an artistic disqualifier.

I also see a lot of people saing in vino veritas which can certainly be true but I also have seen a lot of drunk people who say things they obviously don't believe to be true and are just belligerently trying to piss people off. I have no idea if that is the case, but perhaps when he gets drunk he just starts channeling his father, my to his eternal embarrassment.

In the end, so long as he isn't actively trying to do harm to Jews then I don't really care if he is anti-semitic in thought (though I may not want to be friends with him, it doesn't otherwise affect me) and I am still looking forward to Apocolypto.

Besides, his rampant homophobia and mysogyny have long been part of the public record and if that isn't a disqualification then I don't see why this would be. I'm also surprised at the number of people that seem to think that "sugar tits" is some particularly vulgar term thought up by Gibson. It has a long and illustrious history.

mousepod

07-31-2006, 09:58 AM

My disgust at Mel has more to do with PotC than his drunken tirades. I saw the movie and did experience the anti-Jewishness that some have claimed (whether it's overt or not is a different discussion). I don't imagine that this episode will end his career or that he will be forced into exile a la Polanski (not that that's a fair comparison anyway). I just think it's funny when an a**hole like Gibson gets a little public humiliation.

mousepod

07-31-2006, 09:59 AM

note: I just attacked Mel for PotC. Please note that I was referring to Passion and not Pirates. Thank you.

Gemini Cricket

07-31-2006, 10:00 AM

scaeagles

07-31-2006, 10:00 AM

My disgust at Mel has more to do with PotC than his drunken tirades.

I was trying to figure out what he had to do the Pirates of the Caribbean. Then I figured it out.

scaeagles

07-31-2006, 10:01 AM

I'm confused. Was he at a screening of it and you saw him...?

I was confused to. Passion of the Christ.

wendybeth

07-31-2006, 10:02 AM

I stopped liking Mel Gibson (after years of seeing every movie he made) when I read about his father's whack religion and Mel's apparent belief as well. Looks like he really does take after daddy- too bad. What an ass.

Gemini Cricket

07-31-2006, 10:07 AM

I was confused to. Passion of the Christ.
Ha ha. :D Okay, I feel dumb. I was picturing mousepod at a Pirates screening and Gibson spewing hate from the risers in front of the Rivers of America... lol! :D
I stopped liking Mel Gibson (after years of seeing every movie he made) when I read about his father's whack religion and Mel's apparent belief as well. Looks like he really does take after daddy- too bad. What an ass.
When I worked in Burbank several years ago, I had heard from very reliable sources that he had a screw loose. A homophobe to be sure, sexist and an anti-Semite. He's proven all those to be true...
I really lost my taste for his films after 'Braveheart'. That prince was a horrible homophobic cartoon character. Then the king killing his lover for a laugh response from the audience was really really tasteless.

Gemini Cricket

08-01-2006, 03:47 PM

ABC pulls the plug on Gibson's Holocaust mini-series. Three cheers for the Mouse.
:)

Ghoulish Delight

08-01-2006, 03:49 PM

ABC pulls the plug on Gibson's Holocaust mini-series. Three cheers for the Mouse.
:)
I saw that earlier today...they said it's been in development for 2 years and they still haven't received a script. Me thinks they just used the current situation as a convenient excuse to pull the plug on a still-born project.

Not Afraid

08-01-2006, 03:50 PM

Here's the link to the story. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2260548)

mousepod

08-01-2006, 03:50 PM

I saw that earlier today...they said it's been in development for 2 years and they still haven't received a script. Me thinks they just used the current situation as a convenient excuse to pull the plug on a still-born project.

GD, I think you're just a Holocaust-documentary denier.

Gemini Cricket

08-01-2006, 03:52 PM

They also pulled the plug on Fred Phelps' mini-series about Matthew Shepard.

:rolleyes:

Talk about your bad pairings... I mean, everyone in Hollywood knew about Gibson's anti-Semitic doings. Who greenlit that project?

scaeagles

08-01-2006, 03:54 PM

Eisner.

alphabassettgrrl

08-01-2006, 10:41 PM

What an eejit. I saw part of his interview with Playboy. It's amazing- that's what comes out of his mouth when he's straight and sober and actually trying to make sense. Ugh. I knew there was a reason I wasn't thrilled with him.

wendybeth

08-01-2006, 10:47 PM

alphabassettgrrl

08-01-2006, 11:16 PM

At least Moonshadows, where he was partying, is a great joint.

Isaac

08-02-2006, 02:46 AM

They have pics posted of him at some site- MSN, I think- only I'm too disgusted with him to even bother with a link. He just looks wasted and sad and pathetic and mid-life-crisisy. (The pics were taken that night, whilst he was partying).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/drunkmel.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/a633-703.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/gibson.jpg

Gemini Cricket

08-02-2006, 05:18 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/zapppop/a633-703.jpg

The lady on the left looks like she's half thrilled, half fake smiling while she tries to pry his hands apart...
:D

MouseWife

08-02-2006, 07:35 AM

It does sort of look like her hand is way too stressed...maybe his hands had been groping?

And yes, how sad. Walking around at a club and he is carrying a bottle???

zapppop, I love your bumper sticker.

I was listening to the news yesterday morning and the report sounds like an episode of Southpark. I kept imagining him drawn like he'd be on the show...

Andrew

08-02-2006, 03:48 PM

The San Francisco Chronicle's Don Assmussen has the real story (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/02/DDASMUSSENBR.DTL&feed=rss.dasmussen)...

wendybeth

08-02-2006, 05:06 PM

Heh heh....Good one, Andrew!:snap:

Prudence

08-03-2006, 09:04 PM

And now you, too, can experience the rant. (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/280013_tf104.html)

Alex

08-03-2006, 09:07 PM

So it is the end of a career for Gibson to say those things but simply humorous to set your phone to spew anti-semitic comments whenever you get a call?

Methinks someone didn't think it through if they actually install the ringtone.

Gemini Cricket

08-04-2006, 05:38 AM

Good article regarding Mel and hate speech.

Hate speech is not a passive form of public speech. And one of the signs of an intolerant society is its hate speech, whether used jokingly or intentionally, aimed at specific groups of people. When this form of verbal abuse becomes part and parcel of the everyday parlance between people, we have created a society characterized by its zero-tolerance of inclusion and diversity, where name-calling becomes an accepted norm.

Lately this Republican political era of “compassionate conservatism” has brought forward an unabashed no-holds-barred attitude when it comes to passionate invective hurled at queers, African-Americans, and Jews.

In an interview with Ann Coulter, author of Godless: The Church of Liberalism, on the July 27 edition of MSNBC's Hardball with host Chris Matthews, Coulter called former vice president Al Gore a "fag,” and she hinted that Bill Clinton might be gay.
Source (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid35054.asp)

Andrew

08-04-2006, 09:40 AM

Good intentions in pulling that quote, GC, but using Ann Coulter kind of defeats the purpose: you expect that kind of insane comment from her.

I think the more relevant point is this: "When this form of verbal abuse becomes part and parcel of the everyday parlance between people, we have created a society characterized by its zero-tolerance of inclusion and diversity, where name-calling becomes an accepted norm."

When does a racial or sexist slur used as a joke become not a joke? Is it only when the target takes offense?

Gemini Cricket

08-04-2006, 09:57 AM

Good intentions in pulling that quote, GC, but using Ann Coulter kind of defeats the purpose: you expect that kind of insane comment from her.
When I quote stuff, I usually just quote the beginning of each article. Most of the time anyway. But I see your point.