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03/23/2007: "Good To See Those Anger Management Classes Work ..."
Mel Gibson is a troubled dude. Seems every time he opens his mouth lately, someone's right there waiting to shove something in it - usually, Mel himself with his foot. Just when the hubbub was dying down over his drunken slurs, he steps in it again.
Last night, Mel was speaking at a CSUN film class when someone - Gibson's people claim it was a heckler but the press says it was a CSUN professor Alicia Estrada - accused him of portraying the Mayans in a racist fashion in his native epic Apocalypto. Mel didn't take lightly to her comments, and let her - and everyone present - see just how he felt, according to TMZ.com ...
Estrada persisted, stating that representations in the movie that the Mayans engaged in sacrificial ceremonies and had bloodthirsty tendencies were both wrong and racist. Estrada and others tell TMZ that Gibson exploded in anger, responding, "Lady, fuck off."
We're told Gibson also became extremely angry when members of the Mayan community protested on how they were portrayed in the film. The emotional Mayan members were escorted out of the room, and we're told Gibson screamed a parting shot -- "Make your own movie!"
When I first saw Gibson in "Lethal Weapon", his over-the-top portrayal always seemed a little too lifelike for comfort. Clearly, this is a guy with a short fuse and even less patience for any opinion other than his own. Good thing he makes his own movies, since I can't imagine him appearing in anyone else's any time soon.
On the bright side, at least he didn't call this one "Sugartits" ... 
