yeah FYI Gibson's career is over (thankfully)
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
As much as I want that to be true, I doubt it. He'll never be as big as he once was, but he'll get more chances.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
little mister sundance
― gnome rocognise gnome (remy bean), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
I mean sure, that's probably not going to be his last starring vehicle, but I can't see him headlining a high-profile movie again. I mean the last 10 years have not been kind to him (physically) and his last couple have tanked horribly. i'm not sure what's left for him.
― frogbs, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
Directing, most likely. I don't know, I'm not trying to defend the douche in the least and I'll be more than happy to be proven wrong, but the ability for Hollywood to forgive never ceases to amaze me and I won't rule out a "humble" return behind the camera some day.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
When I was a waiter I was standing in a full dining room next to a busboy who was singing
[Chingy] what's up?(Why yo eyes so chinky?) I dunno(Is it because you've been smoking and drinking?)
And I had to explain to him that that was absolutely not OK to say in front of guests or anywhere. He said he didn't realize it was a bad word, and he said "I'll just say "Why yo eyes Chingy" instead of "chinky." I tried to explain that that was not a good substitute, and anyway, rapping or singing in the dining room was also not really OK. And anyway, the rest of the words were not acceptable for other reasons:
Maybe so(I've been thinking) huh?(Maybe you come get me) and do what?(Round the town, then take me home and eat me)Okay
― the Smurf who'll snatch your money (Je55e), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
LooooL
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
man I don't think I've ever heard anyone use chinky eyes irl
gook or slant-eyed, maybe
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
that reminds me
― bob loblaw people (dayo), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
I've been around some casual racism, but I've never heard chinky eyes either.
― pplains, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
anybody remember this fiasco?
Officers Ticket Drivers for Non-English Speaking
― Neanderthal, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
when I worked in a restaurant, racism was tossed around casually by everyone, including managers. which was interesting cuz the staff itself was pretty multicultural.
working in restaurants is a great place to meet lowlifes and degenerates iirc
― Neanderthal, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
worst 5 years of my life
Directing, most likely.
last thing he was rumored to be involved with was the Joe Esterhaz-penned movie about Judah and the Maccabees. I bet that goes over real well.
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/parents-outraged-after-homework-assignment-refers-/nGHHr/
― max, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, restaurants are awful for casual racism. Have we talked about "Canadians" itt yet?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
xp: that's not racist, just stupid/lazy
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
I had a third grade teacher that instead of giving us those canned scenarios for math problems, had us write our own. it was hell of a lot more fun working on problems with scenarios like
50 Santa Clauses traveled down the chimney one night25 got burnt in the fireHow many Santas are left?
― Neanderthal, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
0, because there's no such thing as Santa Clause
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
Nice page code at the end of that URL there.
― pplains, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
oh damn lol
― Neanderthal, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
DreamWorks gives Michael Richards voiceover work in things like Bee Movie & his asking price as a speaker is still 100k. "Speaking engagements" by dudes who've been as famous as him go on way under the radar afaik & nobody every hears anything about it & they net ridiculous money. Once you hurdle to "actually famous" you have to be an idiot to go broke, your agent will find you enough work to keep you rich.
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
is that in reference to Gibson
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
cuz if so I mean yeah dude is never going to be poor. but he is also never going to be a major force in Hollywood again
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
I guess he might become poor if he rapes or murders somebody and goes to jail
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Michael Richards hasn't worked regularly as an actor since Seinfeld went off the air, regardless of outburst
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
I suck at math but if he invested like a couple million from the last season in a safe interest-bearing account doesn't that kinda keep the cash flowing?
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yizpWta-5Uw
― omar little, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
the contention wasn't about anyone going broke, it was about ppl getting work after their embarrassing racist outbursts; at any rate Richards unambiguously apologized multiple times after that incident and it had about zero impact on people's hiring decisions re: him (ie, he is still getting hired by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and... no one else)
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think w/r/t richards it's all-too-easy to suggest it destroyed his career when really, his ashen-faced appearances on tv in the weeks following his outburst were his biggest non-seinfeld roles ever.
― omar little, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
i think aero's saying that they should have .... taken all of his money??
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Yes because Roman Polanski is certainly being ignored these days.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
apples and oranges there
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
I know, I know. Just sayin' that a couple of you guys are acting like its 100% inconceivable that Hollywood would ever even acknowledge Gibson again.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Polanski kept making good movies, though.
...and a lot of hilariously bad or ridiculous ones
― mh, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
brb gotta go find a copy of The Ninth Gate
― mh, Monday, 9 January 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Gibson's pissed off too many people. Foster tried to help him out and failed. at this point, the only other big name probably willing to lend their credibility to a Gibson project is maybe Robert Downey Jr.
xp
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
I think he's ruined because the industry of Hollywood has an image and a social narrative that it hews to really closely, and there's no room in that narrative for the redemptive third act of an artless/talentless, white, male, hetero, racist, wifebeating drunk - reformed or otherwise. "Industry Warmly Accepts a Reformed Gibson" is not a headline any Hollywood player wants to write.
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
all things considered, Polanski had several cards in his favor that Gibson does not
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
well liked by his peers, sympathy over the Tate murder, his amazing run of canonical films in the 70s, the ambiguity of the charges/public calls for forgiveness by the victim etc
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Okay Shakey, the Polanski call out was just a tossed off comment. I do understand why his case is hugely different.
I don't really want to argue about this anymore becaue I too hope Gibson is never heard from again, but I fear thats wishful thinking.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:57 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
idk wasn't there press of his kinda modest rehabilitation, w r downey jr & some pals at some award ceremony. if the guy was likely to make another zillion dollar faith movie or something i'm sure people would be all over him. i feel like there's a weird thing where he can now exist just with the by-now-familiar tag of 'asshole' attached to him, it prob makes it easier for him to occasionally be caught being an asshole w/o too much fallout
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
he had been existing comfortably with that tag since at least the Lethal Weapon movies, I don't see why he needed to escalate
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
the Beaver was his gambit for serious redemption, and if it had done well/been good H'wood probably would've welcomed him back a bit - but that didn't happen
for what it's worth, I was surprised he sawed off his forearm for his role in the Beaver. how's he going to beat his wife now?
― The Silent Extreme (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Important detail in the racist receipt story: “Some of the tweets I’ve gotten back are, ‘Why are you going to Papa John’s when you live in New York City?’” she said.
― the Smurf who'll snatch your money (Je55e), Monday, January 9, 2012 11:17 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'll admit that this was first thought too, I mean I know they have those dipping sauces and all but still
― lag∞n, Monday, 9 January 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
xp got me stumped
― carpy deems (darraghmac), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
You gotta hand it to him for trying, I guess.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 9 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
yeah so hilariously the thing that is keeping mg from redemption is the quality of his movies, the quality of movies that star mel gibson
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Mel Gibson was in some very good movies!
I mean, I know he was in even more terrible ones, but still.
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link