Gavin De Becker Gives Ari Emanuel The Gift Of Rhetorical Whoop-Ass
The Battle of Mel Gibson continues to rage on the advertising pages of the industry's trade publications, as today's Hollywood Reporter features a two-pager by Gavin de Becker (included autobiography: "Author of Bestselling Books about Violence and Words, Bar Mitzvah 1968, Graduated Hebrew School 1969, Never Been Really Drunk, Said Plenty of Regrettable Things When Sober" ) calling out Endeavor superagent Ari Emanuel over his well-publicized, proposed boycott of the troubled, mouthy Malibu despot. While less economical than yesterday's open letter by semiprofessional ad copywriter Rob Schneider, De Becker scores more laughs by bringing up that Gibson's threat to fuck an officer on the scene probably didn't indicate a real desire to forcibly fornicate in the back of a squad car [Ed.note—Not so sure about this—he was pretty drunk and riled up by the "sugar tits" nearby. ], and his great line that he's "heard (sober) agents say things so hateful and unkind that even Deputy Mee wouldn't jot them down." He's definitely got a point on the latter observation, but it would be a massive conflict of interest for Emanuel to organize a boycott against his own profession, not to mention the chaos and looting that would instantly result along Wilshire Boulevard should thousands of agents be put out of work simultaneously. But we digress.
You can read the entire ad by clicking on the images after the jump. (Or by heading to the nearest recycling bin on your office, fishing out your own discarded copy of THR, and looking at pages 2 and 3.)
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