Great artists of yore---banned and cancelled---Think Charlie Chaplin, JOhn Garfield, Orson Welles, etc; Banned for their thinking and not their bogoted and loutish behaviour.

      More recently works scheduled for PBS cancelled (or re-scheduled is the euphynism) because they might be controversial.

    Disney announces that it no longer will release and distribute any "R" rated films.   

    Let us see how long it is before they cancel their affiliation with a drunken lout who, by any normal standard, would be cooling his heels in jail and have his license revoked (as a starter).

    Is it possible double standards are now the standard in Hollywood and, perhaps, in many other places.   Drug enhanced athletes, DUI congressmen, and more go their merry way after a bit of embarrasing press. John Doe gets his come uppance rapidly and can ill afford the legal representation once esconced in "the system". I also would add that I doubt, sincerely, that many of these "authorities" are color blind and/or religion blind.   

    You would think, however, that the female officer in this case would blow a large whistle. The Sheriff, I can only assume, is trying to cover hs political ass when it should be Gibson doing that---covering his public and commercial ass.
Solution is for studios to avoid him for their own good---he has, for good reason, his own production company---but you still need distribution.

Bill Hahn