But here’s a clue – again from the Guardian (Jun 24Th) – where stage and screen star actor Gary Oldman got rather carried away in an interview in Playboy magazine where he referred to Mel Gibsons 2006 arrest for drunk driving, and blamed political correctness for Gibsons subsequent experience of being ostracised in Hollywood: theguardian/film/2014/jun/24/gary-oldman-playboy-interview-antisemitism-mel-gibson Significantly, Oldman said that everyone had used similar epithets in their private moments, framing his comments about Gibson in a wider polemic about hypocrisy in Hollywood and the decline of western culture as a whole. Elsewhere in the interview the London-born actor discussed societys moral decay, railing against reality TV and some idiot who cant sing or write or whos shaking her ass and twerking in front of 11-year-olds. He said he hated watching himself in the 1986 Alex Cox punk biopic Sid and Nancy, one of the films that first signalled his arrival as a hot young British actor, among other portrayals. Oldman also said the world had gone to hell. He said: Culturally, politically, everywhere you look. I look at the world, I look at our leadership and I look at every aspect of our culture and wonder what will make it better. I have no idea. Any night of the week you only need to turn on one of these news channels and watch for half an hour. Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell. Couldn’t have put it better myself......Read article for more.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:19:58 +0000
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