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Here's what I can't believe. Many of Hollywood's power players are Jewish. Mel Gibson has always been an anti-Semite. And yet...

Posted by David (aka David) Jun 23 '20, 11:43

at one point, Gibson was the most popular person in Hollywood. I genuinely don't understand how that could have possibly happened.

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In a class system where the power players have blinders and ear muffs on, and everyone needs each other to succeed, nobody's going to sink a project - Max Jun 23, 12:11 1
- Swimming with Sharks was a documentary. And actors are a product, like a can of tomato soup. If you don't know the tomato soup is bad, - Beryllium Jun 23, 12:47
I would add that we do not know how many people refused to work with him over the years. -- (edited) - ty97 Jun 23, 12:04 2
- After his sugar tits melt down he was black balled for a while -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 12:12
- That last question is something I hope becomes a conversation point over the next few days. -- nm - David Jun 23, 12:08
"Popular" in Hollywood, and I suppose among rich people anywhere, is not like popular to normal people. -- nm - mara Jun 23, 12:03
greed -- nm - decline Jun 23, 11:49
money over everything. -- nm - colin Jun 23, 11:44 10
- Yeah, this concept isn't hard to fathom. People are greedy assholes. -- nm - Shaun Jun 23, 11:44
- I just can't believe it's that simple. -- nm - David Jun 23, 11:44 8
  - wait until you find out why all of these large corporations are saying "Black Lives Matter" - colin Jun 23, 11:57 4
    - Well, that worked really well for Mixer. - David Jun 23, 12:10 3
      - FWIW, I think Phil Spencer and Satya Nadella are two of the most sincere and humane people in the industry. - Max Jun 23, 12:17 2
        
        It's absolutely the causality. -- (edited) - David Jun 23, 12:44
        
        Mixer was already a dead service walking. -- nm - Shaun Jun 23, 12:19
  - Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 11:56
  - Really? Every person in Hollywood knew how much of a scumbag POS Harvey was, but he also made a lot of people rich and famous. -- nm - Shaun Jun 23, 11:52
  - It is. - . Jun 23, 11:47

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