Okay, this summer’s drunken anti-Semitic rant was a P.R. faux-pas. But just as Mel Gibson overcame his more veiled anti-Semitic reading of the Gospel in “The Passion of the Christ” by coaxing support for the deeply Catholic film among evangelicals, he’s determined to overcome his Cuervo Nacht jabbering by showing his new film, “Apocalypto,” to minority audiences.
So far, to the wondering surprise of National Public Radio and the perturbation of The Los Angeles Times, his campaign is working. The Latino Business Association, a Los Angeles group, gave Gibson its Chairman’s Visionary Award. “If that’s all it takes to overlook its honoree’s notorious anti-Semitic ramblings this summer,” the Times’ editorial page announced, “the group is clearly a cheap date.”
The Times followed that crack, however, with an account of how much time and effort Gibson is willing to put in. Currying favor with Native Americans as well as Latinos, the director has done Q&A sessions at small screenings as far afield as Oklahoma City and Austin, Texas. Sure, Gibson has a habit of digging himself a deep hole. But it may not matter when you’re the hardest wooing man in show business.
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posted November 17, 2006 at 6:02 am
I’ve seen “The Passion of the Christ” twice,once in the movies,and once at my church,Faith Assembly of God. I don’t believe that the movie was ever “deeply Catholic” or anti-Semitic at all,but very true to the Gospel accounts of Christ’s trial & crucifixtion.Also,in interviews that he had on the Trinity Broadcasting Network at the time “The Passion of the Christ” was released,he spoke about how he wanted all the scenes in the movie to be like Caravaggio paintings,since Caravaggio was his favorite Italian Renaissance painter. I’ve seen some Caravaggio paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan,so,I knew what he was talking about.
posted December 4, 2006 at 1:36 am
I would like an answer from the author back to me-Mr. Gibson has to go to the source, and woo his audiences. He works outside of the studio system, and works outside of the mainstream of Hollywood. Of course he has to “woo his audience”. What a petty little piece of writing this is. I feel a little bit of pea green of envy from the author.
posted July 18, 2007 at 1:51 am
cheap article indeed. i think the movie was an awesome one and it takes a man like Mel to come up with something different from the usual flow. the author of this is definately stuck in the same cycle of life and dont even know it. therefore cant apriciate ‘different’.