Re:Mel
Once I heard he took a staple gun to his sisters head1 when they were still kids, I kind of lost any respect I may have had for his work. It goes to show a lot about the sort of person he is.
As for his anti-semitism, I'm pretty sure its quite real and quite intense. Working in Hollywood makes it real easy to nurse a anti-semitic grudge every time your career takes a downturn.
1 As revealed by Mel himself on David Letterman several years ago while promoting passion
