Mel Gibson, to the mother of his (latest) child, "You're an embarrassment to me... You look like a fucking pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of niggers, it will be your fault."
There has been a lot written about Gibson already but for me it comes down to this: You are either the sort of man who says something like this, or you aren't. Mel Gibson is.
I'm a performance and interdisciplinary artist and scholar. That means (among other things) I make experimental theater, performance, visual and installation art and I am interested in what performances do, aesthetically and politically.
My family moved to the United States from Lebanon at the beginning of the 20th century and the strange, hybrid identity Arab/American shapes the way I see the world. But don't be scared, I am one of the good ones.
See my work at www.josephshahadi.com