Whither goest Mel?

This article from the Los Angeles Times is slightly off topic, as it were, but it may be of interest to some and has one or two great lines:

Whither goest Mel?
The success of "Passion" has made Gibson hotter than ever. Whether as actor or producer, he can pick from many roads.

"I give Gibson credit for using his resources to present his vision, which he has every right to express. But what dogs will be fed by Gibson's Last Supper? The movie is a two-hour primer on how to do a crucifixion, lacking layers and context, that caught the zeitgeist of the time. It was an egregious mistake for a person living in a multicultural society to present that effort to the world community."

A top major studio executive is equally upset by the "Passion" experience — although if his company signed a deal with Gibson, he "wouldn't fall on the sword," he conceded . . . .

. . . . . " 'The Passion' was made and marketed as Mel Gibson's," Guber said. "He was the true star of the film. His name gave the movie momentum. If Yuki Fiduki was the director, it would have lasted 10 minutes in the theaters. We don't know yet if we have a new market on our hands or merely an anomaly."