Review: Hard to put down
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2012
Mel seems horrifying, Joe seems self-serving.  It's not much of a book, but I was compelled to read to the end to find out what would happen.  I had only vaguely followed the saga of Mel over the years, and knew next to nothing about the latest between these two men.I agree with those reviewers who are amazed that Joe would put his young son and wife in a position to be subject to Mel Gibson's rants and threats.Unlike those who don't believe what Eszterhas wrote about Gibson's anti-Semitism and violent rages, I do.  But I see this all as confirmation of a vast sickness -- money and power hold so much sway over most of us that we excuse and turn a blind eye to destructive and even murderous behavior.  This isn't limited to Hollywood.  You see it in business, and certainly in politics.  Look at the terrible dysfunction (on both sides?) leading up to the recent Kennedy suicide... coverups, pretense, the need to keep the image up despite mental instability and addiction.