Some Thoughts On Mel Gibson

The first movie I ever saw of Mel's was one about this young adult with special needs named Tim.  Since then, I've seen Forever Young, The Man Without A Face, and The Passion Of Christ.

All of those movies were sympathetic and compassionate, so I still have a very hard time connecting the Mel Gibson who actually produced and directed the last one and who acted in all of them because he believed in their messages with this Mel Gibson who comes across as a drunken skinhead.

My thought on this is that the guy is, basically, good people but he has at least two problems in serious need of attention:

Alcoholism

Deep-seated issues re: prejudices against gays, Jews, non-Catholics, and, likely, assorted others that he might perceive as being too "different" that have come about thanks to that kind of mindset being drummed into his head from early childhood on.

There seems to be a kind of struggle between two parts of Mel Gibson.  One part of him is fighting to be a better person while the other part of him keeps pulling him back down into this flawed state-of-mind.

My prayers go out to him. . .

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