I remember seeing Woody Allen appeared and did a stand up bit on some awards show or other around '99 or '00 or ‘01. The audience loved him. At that moment I knew if Woody friggin’ Allen was “rehabilitated”, that there was literally nothing a hollywood celebrity could do to be perma-banned from polite society. I was totally baffled, I was thinking, am I the only person in this country that isn’t crazy? He never should have been invited to be seen in public again.
Against that backdrop (as well as all the other horrible behavior people have been getting away with in showbiz) Mel Gibson continuing to be successful is completely unremarkable.
