Mel Gibson Criticized for ‘Apocalypto’ ‘Stereotypes’ :: Hollywood.com
Lucio Yaxon, who works to help the 50 percent of Guatamalans descending from the Maya, says, “The director is saying the Mayans are savages.”
Ignacio Ochoa, director of the Nahual Foundation that promotes Mayan culture, adds, “Gibson replays… an offensive and racist notion that Maya people were brutal to one another long before the arrival of Europeans and thus they deserved, in fact, needed, rescue.”
It seems like people just can’t stop hating on Mel Gibson. I haven’t seen the film yet (and neither have the people complaining) and thus don’t have a basis for an opinion, but all the footage I’ve seen leading up to this doesn’t seem to be derogatory, defamatory or inflammatory in any way. It’ll be interesting to see the reaction of the anthropological community when the film hits wide release.
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