Mel Gibson may have proven the adage that life imitates art. In his Mad
Max films, he plays a somewhat deranged former police officer. In
the popular Lethal Weapon series, Mel played Martin Riggs, a mentally
unstable L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies. He has continued his mental
problems in real life with a series of psychiatric rants that finally earned
him his very own David Letterman Top 10 list of excuses for Gibson’s erratic
behavior on
July 13, 2010.
Mel also directed and starred in Man without a Face (1993). On April
12, 2012, Lawrence O’Donnnell reported in Wrap TV that Mel wears a
prosthetic facemask to go out to restaurants.
His 2004
film The Passion of the Christ sparked a fierce debate over alleged
anti-Semitic imagery and overtones. .On July 28, 2006, Mel was arrested for DUI while speeding in his vehicle
with an open container of alcohol. During his 2006, arrest , he made
anti-Semitic remarks to arresting officer James Mee, who is Jewish, saying,
"Fucking Jews... Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. Are you
a Jew?" Mel issued two apologies for the incident through his publicist.
He subsequently admitted being an alcoholic and bipolar. He admitted to
making anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest and apologized for his
"despicable" behavior, saying the comments were "blurted out in a moment of
insanity" and asked to meet with Jewish leaders to help him "discern the
appropriate path for healing."
To celebrate Mel's birthday, we recommend a bowl of matzo ball soup followed
by a Mel 'Bipolar' Gibson Cocktail. Since matzo ball soup is commonly called the
"Jewish Penicillin," it may be the cure for Mel's virulent anti-Semitism.
Mel's confessor should have required Mel to eat a bowl of matzo ball soup a day to remind him that Jesus Christ was
Jewish. Matzo ball soup may at first not to be a penance, but with 1/2
cup of butter in the recipe, Mel may be seeing Jesus sooner than he
thinks.
We also suggest toasting him with a Mel 'Bipolar' Gibson. The Oak Bar in New York's Plaza Hotel, is credited with
inventing the cocktail. According to Executive chef
Eric Hara
"Gibson … Bipolar … All these words flying around in the media just jumped
out at me. So I made a Gibson, which is a classic cocktail, into something
thoroughly twisted." The cocktail consists of a shot of gin, a shot of Van
Gogh Vodka, since the painter was also bipolar, and cocktail onions for
garnish. Since a few of these cocktails could be considered lethal, Lethal
Weapon (1987) would be an ideal celebratory film. |