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May 12, 2006

Mel Gibson Attacks President Bush

Okay, calm down. He didn't physically attack the President. But he did pretty much rip him a new one. And I've got to say, after the whole "Passion of the Christ" thing I'm a little surprised by this.

Mel Gibson, who is finishing up his next big movie, Apocalypto (about the fall of the Mayan civilization), is comparing Bush to the barbaric Mayan rulers of his film.

The epic, due for release later this year, captures the decline of the Maya kingdom and the slaughter of thousands of inhabitants as human sacrifices in a bid to save the nation from collapsing.

Gibson reveals he used present day American politics as an inspiration, claiming the government callously plays on the nation's insecurities to maintain power.

He tells British film magazine Hotdog, "The fear-mongering we depict in the film reminds me of President Bush and his guys".

And here I thought it was intended to play to the same fundamentalist Apocalypse-believing Christian crowd as his last film, what with a name like "Apocalypto."

Will Gibson pay a price for speaking out against a Republican Christian President? Will Christians decide the liberal press was right about him and his father's extremist views? Or will Christians think to themsleves, "If that fine brave Christian Mel Gibson doesn't like George W. Bush, then maybe it's OK if I don't like Bush, too"? Could go either way, if you ask me.

Posted by Becky at May 12, 2006 02:54 PM

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