l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 April 13, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
Left-wingers have for years complained that conservatives are wrong to
condemn a movie based on the outspoken nature or politics of a staring actor
or director.
“It’s just a movie,” they tell us and they scold us for not separating
the entertainment from the actor’s real life. But now, in a typical
hypocritical move, left-wingers are condemning a movie that is in the works
precisely because of who is involved in the project, Mel Gibson, someone
they do not like. It is hard not to recognize the hypocrisy here.
The movie is a sword and sandals piece based on the epic 2nd Century B.C.
battle of Jewish hero Juddah Maccabee, whose victory over the Greek and
Syrian armies forms a central part of Hanukkah. Gibson has been working on
the movie for quite a while and planned to direct.
The film, though, has run into some development troubles. Warner Bros. has
put a hold on the film for various reasons, most especially, apparently,
because the script isn’t working out well.
But the film has also been “controversial” because of Gibson’s
involvement. Several left-wingers have complained that they don’t want this
movie made by Mel Gibson who made himself infamous for several drunken anti
-Semitic rants going back to 2006.
Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas has attacked Gibson for his drunken racist rants
and so has Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center. Hier even proclaimed that “Jewish history will be better off
without Mel Gibson playing Judah Maccabee.” The Anti-Defamation League’s
Abraham Foxman condemned the movie in September, as well.
Now, given his past history, I see no reason to criticize people who might
feel uncomfortable with Mel Gibson’s involvement in a movie about a Jewish
war hero. That is most certainly not at issue here. But isn’t this exactly
the sort of situation left-wingers scold conservatives for? Separating from
the entertainment the real-life actions of a moviemaker is exactly what the
left claims is a desirable trait in a movie fan. Yet here they are
condemning a movie precisely because of who is involved with it.
So, why are these lefties violating their own supposed principles? Looks
like they have just been mugged by reality, doesn’t it? |
|
