Mel, the Maccabees, and that guy who gave us Showgirls

"it's 'ridiculous' to say that Gibson holds anti-Semitic views." --Michael Medved

"...to denounce Mel Gibson as an anti-Semite, just isn't fair. It isn't right." -- (Rabbi) Daniel Lapin

Mel Gibson "...is sick to his empty core with Jew-hatred." -- Chris Hitchens

Notwithstanding the praise, protection and cover he has received from fools like Micheal Medved and Daniel Lapin, I say Mel Gibson is one of the worst people who have ever lived (in the "non-violent, non-criminal powerful loudmouth" division.)

Now, Joe Eszterhas (misogynistic screenwriter of such noble Hollywood fare as Showgirls and Basic Instinct) has written a poison pen letter that will hopefully end Gibson's career once and for all.

In his letter, Eszterhas claims that he was hired by Gibson to write a screenplay for a movie about the Maccabees (a "Jewish Brave Heart," Lord help us) under false pretenses. We don't care about that. Stupid Hollywood moguls get themselves into stupid disputes like that all the time. What makes this different is the little tidbits Eszerthas shares about Mel:

Let me remind you of some of the things you said which appalled me. You continually called Jews “Hebes” and “oven-dodgers” and “Jewboys.” It seemed that most times when we discussed someone you asked, “He’s a Hebe, isn’t he?” or “Is he a Hebe?” You said most ‘gatekeepers’ of American companies were “Hebes who controlled their bosses.” You said the Holocaust was “mostly a lot of horses***. You said the Torah made reference to the sacrifice of Christian babies and infants. When I told you that you were confusing the Torah with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion... you insisted "it's in the Torah -- it's in there!" (It isn't.)

You told me the mothers of the last three Popes of the Catholic Church were Jewish [DB: This, I presume, helps mad-Mel explain to himself why the last three Popes made overtures to the Jewish people, overtures Mel has vehemently criticized.] and you said there was a Jewish/Masonic conspiracy to destroy the Catholic church... You said that Vatican II which stripped Catholic liturgy of anti-Semitic prayers "destroyed the church" and you said that Pope Paul VI wore an ephod... once worn by Caiaphas... you said that a "liberal Jewish conspiracy" was responsible for the death of Pope John Paul I...

Perhaps most disturbing was a comment you made to me... "What I really want to do with this movie," you said "is convert the Jews to Christianity."

Swell stuff right? As the letter continues, Eszteras briefly describes the Jewish adviser Gibson assigned to help with the script. (For some reason, Gibson also assigned a priest to help write a story about events that pre-date Christianity by several centuries). Here is what he says:

And your other adviser who you called Rabbi Clueless - a rabbi who defended you during The Passion controversy -  made time only for a forty-minute phone conversation.

My five dollars says "Rabbi Clueless" is none other than Daniel Lapin -- which is sort of ironic, in that most people I know think he's clueless, too.

Read the whole letter here. It's full of examples of Mel's horrifying antisemitism and anecdotes about Mel's even more horrifying behavior.