Mel Gibson's Controversial New Movie

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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/jewish...os--for-judah-maccabee-movie--exclusive-.html

"Casting him as a director or perhaps as the star of 'Judah Maccabee' is like casting Madoff to be the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission," says Rabbi Marvin Heir.

Prominent Jewish leaders are beginning to speak out against Mel Gibson and Warner Bros. over their planned movie based on the life of religious icon Judah Maccabee.

Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti Defamation League, who criticized Gibson’s controversial 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter in response to the news.

“Judah Maccabee deserves better. He is a hero of the Jewish people and a universal hero in the struggle for religious liberty. It would be a travesty to have his story told by one who has no respect and sensitivity for other people’s religious views,” Foxman tells THR of the project, which is being co-developed by Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas.

In the lead-up to Passion’s release, Foxman could be found on numerous talk and news programs slamming the drama. In a speech to the ADL’s national executive committee just before the film’s release, Foxman questioned whether Passion could trigger anti-Semitism..

Rabbi Marvin Heir, founder and dean of Los Angeles's Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance, also is speaking out against the new film. He tells THR that the project is merely the latest slap in the face to Jewish people by Gibson, who has been accused of making anti-Semitic comments.

Heir tells THR in a statement:

"Mel Gibson has shown nothing but antagonism and disrespect to Jews. First of all there were the anti-Semitic remarks he made, his portrayal of Jews in The Passion of Christ. I’m talking about those Jews who did not accept Christ, they were all portrayed as idiots, buffoons or people who were tyrants, with a very unfair portrayal. He’s had a long history of antagonism with Jews. Casting him as a director or perhaps as the star of Judah Maccabee is like casting Madoff to be the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a white supremacist as trying to portray Martin Luther King Jr. It's simply an insult to Jews."

Heir also is criticizing Warner Bros., a unit of publicly-traded Time Warner, for agreeing to distribute the movie.

"Warner Bros. is making a terrible mistake," Heir says, adding, "most of the people that are going to come to a film about Judah Maccabee are the Jewish community. Surely they know the Jewish communities are not going to come to this film."..................
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Touchy Jews.

But I also understand them. I get a hearty belly laugh whenever anyone speaks about Christianity as they are 100% wrong usually.

But by the same token, the Jews were sharply divided about Jesus and movies made in Hollywood are designed more to entertain and make money than portray the truth. So go ahead and make the movie, Mel.
 
I think it's pretty hypocritical for him to play that part after all the anti-Semitic comments he has made in the past.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think it's pretty hypocritical for him to play that part after all the anti-Semitic comments he has made in the past.
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Why?

This is about entertaining people and making money. It's not like some sort of true documentary. In fact, it's a pretty slick move. Say a bunch of anti-Semitic things and then make a movie about them. He'll get a ton of free publicity and rancor that it will generate interest in the movie.
 
some of his famous quotes, from his personal life

"you look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of nigg.ers, it will be your fault"

"Fucking Jews...the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

"Threaten ya? I’ll put you in a fucking rose garden you cu.nt! You understand that? Because I’m capable of it. You understand that?"

"How dare you act like such a bitch when I have been so fucking nice!?"

"I will report her to the fucking people that take fucking money from the wetbacks!"

"I am going to come and burn the fucking house down… but you will blow me first!."

:biglaugh:
 
3RA1N1AC said:
some of his famous quotes, from his personal life

"you look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of nigg.ers, it will be your fault"

"Fucking Jews...the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."

"Threaten ya? I’ll put you in a fucking rose garden you cu.nt! You understand that? Because I’m capable of it. You understand that?"

"How dare you act like such a bitch when I have been so fucking nice!?"

"I will report her to the fucking people that take fucking money from the wetbacks!"

"I am going to come and burn the fucking house down… but you will blow me first!."

:biglaugh:
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Um, those are lyrics from Tupac's latest album of lost material.

Helllllllllllllloooo

Clue phone to NateBishop03
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
So is Hollywood supposed to get real pedo's to play pedo roles too?
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Chris Hansen does for his TV show.

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Charcoal Filtered said:
Being white and painting your face black aside, it should not matter if a racist played MLK. It is acting.
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How is an actor supposed to fully understand and immerse themselves in a role if are already ignorant and hateful towards the race of that character? I've never seen Mel play anything other than Mel, so I would be completely shocked if he actually took the role seriously.
 
3RA1N1AC said:
i can get behind this.

the only question is, will people not see the movie just because of this, and i think the answer is yes
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I think people will have more problems with Mel regardless of the role. It is his money though and would probably not have heard of the character he was playing without him making a picture about it.
 
He gets drunk and says crazy shit sometimes. Not like he makes bad movies. He's only directed a few and Braveheart/Apocolypto were both good.

In other news, the Judah Maccabee character is so important IMDB says there hasn't been a movie made about him since 1911.
 
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