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3. Drunken rants tend to bring out underlying feelings

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 06:51 PM

Mar 2014

There are sloppy drunks (they're the sentimental guys underneath, who cry) and the mean drunks (whose boundaries, once dropped, reveal their true rage).

No, not forgiving Gibson because he was a drunk. Those "spewed remarks" come from somewhere. Besides, he's too old for a comeback. Cede the field to some (sober) younger actors.

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Interesting piece regarding Mel Gibson. [View all] bluesbassman Mar 2014 OP

Mel Gibson was main villain in Machette Kills exboyfil Mar 2014 #1

That was Steven Seagal. DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 #5

Nope. exboyfil Mar 2014 #6

You're right. I had the two movies reversed. DavidDvorkin Mar 2014 #9

Has he tried to come back? yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #2

Drunken rants tend to bring out underlying feelings frazzled Mar 2014 #3

Whether people forgive him, whatever that means in Hollywood, I don't know. Jefferson23 Mar 2014 #4

Also interesting.... Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #7

Good point, and that's really the crucial element... bluesbassman Mar 2014 #8