Yeah I thought Prince was rippin on him too..

I thought he was letting him know that he MADE A MOVIE! Not anything from The Bible.

Just a Movie..

I agree.. if Mel is acting like he is sooooo worried about being correct and putting in a Language no one has heard or speaks anymore.. you would think he would look in that same Bible and read Jesus WASN'T WHITE!

soooo we know how Prince argues by making a joke

marcdeondotcom said:

but p had me crackin up...just busted out with, "mel, what's shakin baby?!!" and mel's all like "uhh..."

I dont think he outright said anything insulting, but he treated Mel to a little sarcasm and awkward humour, perhaps at his expense

Why do I think this? Well..

When P danced over to the stage, he plopped down into his seat cutting right past Mel not greeting him with a handshake or anything.

Later when Jay referred to Mel, Prince was pretty condescending to him. In mock awe, he exclaimed "Mel Gibson, whats shakin' bro? Hey what you doin after the show?"
to which a confused Mel said "I dont know, dancing I guess"
"Wanna, uh, maybe catch a movie?"

It wasnt very funny but it was pretty sarcastic.

It could mean 1 of two things i think
1 he was expressing his disagreement with the movie...hey this is a total assumption
2. he could sarcastically be referring to the treatment Mel has been getting in the press.

What do y'all think?

He then tried to sort of slap his hand, the back of his hand whern it rested on the couch, and when Mel responded, Prince was already facing the other way!

I thought the song was OK but the performance kicked ass! his outfit, the moves, the dancing, and his overall good mood were amazing. Band was tight.

To be honest, Musicology sounded very bland, by the book funk. Sorry, I wasnt very moved, but it wasnt bad

Also, further along in the interview, when he talked about making real music - he acknowledged Mel - I took that as saying we make real music like he made a real movie. No following the formula for either of them.

I dont think he outright said anything insulting, but he treated Mel to a little sarcasm and awkward humour, perhaps at his expense

Why do I think this? Well..

When P danced over to the stage, he plopped down into his seat cutting right past Mel not greeting him with a handshake or anything.

Later when Jay referred to Mel, Prince was pretty condescending to him. In mock awe, he exclaimed "Mel Gibson, whats shakin' bro? Hey what you doin after the show?"
to which a confused Mel said "I dont know, dancing I guess"
"Wanna, uh, maybe catch a movie?"

It wasnt very funny but it was pretty sarcastic.

It could mean 1 of two things i think
1 he was expressing his disagreement with the movie...hey this is a total assumption
2. he could sarcastically be referring to the treatment Mel has been getting in the press.

What do y'all think?

He then tried to sort of slap his hand, the back of his hand whern it rested on the couch, and when Mel responded, Prince was already facing the other way!

I thought the song was OK but the performance kicked ass! his outfit, the moves, the dancing, and his overall good mood were amazing. Band was tight.

To be honest, Musicology sounded very bland, by the book funk. Sorry, I wasnt very moved, but it wasnt bad

CapedCrusader said:

Since you're asking for opinions, I thought I'd add mine. I think you're borderline retarded, and should see a therapist.

CapedCrusader said:

I'm not sure exactly where this interpretation would stem from, based on what I saw:

1. After dancing, before he sat down, Prince slapped Jay's hand (didn't shake it), and then slapped/grabbed Mel's as well. So I guess he was also "dissing" Jay.

2. I didn't detect "mock awe" in Prince's tone. More like, "Hey, Mel, you just made an extremely serious movie about my Lord and Saviour that features Aramaic dialogue with sparse subtitles and it made 26 million dollars on it's first day. That's pretty cool."

3. He didn't actually "slap" his hand, rather he grabbed it and HELD it for a moment. That's a little different. And he wasn't "already facing the other way" when Mel responded.

4. Then, at the conclusion af the interview, he again acknowledged Gibson and shook his hand. When Jay said, "I'd like to thank Mel Gibson...", Prince pointed to Mel in order to direct the applause and cheers towards Mel.

On a final note, I'd be willing to bet you that Prince actually has respect for Mel's artistic courage, rather than having any animosity at all. There are obvious parallels between what Mel has done and what Prince has been talking about regarding artistic freedom.

There is no reason at all to think that Prince was expressing displeasure with Mel or his movie, and to try and create this impression is more than a toatal assumption -- it's simply ridiculous.

Now, I realize that you were just posing the question. The real interesting thing will be to read the responses.

JulesWindu said:

Thank you for your voice of reason. I agree with all the points you made.

I didn't see any "dissing" of Mel by Prince, and I honestly can't understand how anyone could reach to that conclusion.

I saw Prince as being very respectful and a bit playful with Mel and didn't detect any sarcasm whatsoever.

I'm gonna go along with you guys and say that Prince didn't diss Mel and was in fact pretty nice and respectful to him. I have said it once and I'll say it again. I love Prince to death, but just because you are in religion now don't go snubbing your nose and looking down on people and trying to send them straight to hell, because whenever you get through with it, you the so-called holy person is probably taking your ass to hell too. I don't think Prince would like it if people was disrespecting him and constantly throwing up his past and I'm not talking just about the sexual stuff, but cheating employees out of money and songwriting credits and really I think the latter I just mentioned hasn't changed about him. Plus we're not around Prince 24/7, not even his wife. Who's to say he's still not screwing around with other women and then tryin' to put on a front like he is so saved from all that now. I personally don't like the religion, if someone is a JW fine, but don't think that's the ultimate denomination that gets you a ticket to heaven. We all have a judgement day for everything we have done in our lives and Mel Gibson felt like he had to tell a story and I have no desire to see the movie, but I don't have a problem with it. As far as the violence or anything else it ain't no worse than The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Queer as Folk, Oz, or even alot of primetime shows. If you can deal with that, you can deal with The Passion of the Christ.

I heard Prince ate a whole lotta beans before the show, just so he could cut "silent but violent" cheese the whole time he was next to Mel! That's the real reason Mel scooted over so far on the couch! Prince was rippin' more than one type of funk!!!

Now some folks have tried to say that Prince would take issue with Mel over the subject matter of the film, since it clashes with his JW beliefs. I don't think this is so at all. Prince was a huge fan of kevin Smith's "Dogma", which contained MANY things that don't jive with JW doctrine. I think P repects when an artist is addressing these kind of issues, even if they aren't 100% in line with his own.

I dont think he outright said anything insulting, but he treated Mel to a little sarcasm and awkward humour, perhaps at his expense

Why do I think this? Well..

When P danced over to the stage, he plopped down into his seat cutting right past Mel not greeting him with a handshake or anything.

Later when Jay referred to Mel, Prince was pretty condescending to him. In mock awe, he exclaimed "Mel Gibson, whats shakin' bro? Hey what you doin after the show?"
to which a confused Mel said "I dont know, dancing I guess"
"Wanna, uh, maybe catch a movie?"

It wasnt very funny but it was pretty sarcastic.

It could mean 1 of two things i think
1 he was expressing his disagreement with the movie...hey this is a total assumption
2. he could sarcastically be referring to the treatment Mel has been getting in the press.

What do y'all think?

He then tried to sort of slap his hand, the back of his hand whern it rested on the couch, and when Mel responded, Prince was already facing the other way!

I thought the song was OK but the performance kicked ass! his outfit, the moves, the dancing, and his overall good mood were amazing. Band was tight.

To be honest, Musicology sounded very bland, by the book funk. Sorry, I wasnt very moved, but it wasnt bad

Nah, it was definitely a jab. I'd be bored to tears if I hear Mel talk anymore about how he's still akind person to those who persecute him...YOU'RE NOT JESUS! You just made a movie about him!

alandail said:

I think Mel Gibson is a total idiot and he needed to be dissed a bit by somebody, I mean listen to him, he sounds like he thinks he is second in command to God or something. If anyone wants to see an ARTFUL movie about Christ, see 'The Last Temptation of Christ' or for god-sake even Ben-Hur!!

Boy I'll tell ya, "Musicology" sure does remind me of "Hot Pants"- Anyone??

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

I didnt say he was mean to him, im just saying Prince has a way of making fun of people, but hes not particularily funny. he's awkward. since mel was already jumpy/defensive/hopped up, he didnt quite get it and it made for some awkwardness.

but i guess since you guys know him so well, my point is moot.

ive never gotten into his head like you did tonight.

as for not understanding how i could come to that conclusion, i made my points. you just disagree with them..we have different sets of eyes, thats how we got the two different impressions.

sorry lets all go back to stating which album is better than the others. cuz we all know thats based on facts.

my apologies.

smm said:

i tried to follow....but....