(Jewish Group) The prickly reason Mel Gibson will never be canceled
The reason Mel Gibson still works in Hollywood has to do with some obscure — possibly Australian — practice called cactus-hugging.
Earlier this week actor Josh Malina, writing for The Atlantic, wondered why Gibson, despite his many high-profile — and in the case of “Passion of the Christ,” highly lucrative — displays of antisemitism, may have a crack at directing the next installment of the “Lethal Weapon” franchise.
“How can Warner Bros. (a company founded by Jews) possibly consider hiring this man again?” Malina asked, rightly enough. The answer, as far as I can tell, is personal.
You see, it seems that on a one-on-one basis Gibson can appear to be quite the mensch. (Stay with me here, none of what I’m about to write excuses anything he’s done, but it may shed light on why this lunatic is still getting Oscar nominations.)
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