Mel Gibson’s New Film Seems Designed to Outrage

The pitch for the newly announced satirical fiction film , a comedy set in the world of the ultra-wealthy about a forgotten son trying to inherit the money of his influential family, already sounds like an elaborate piece of trolling. The real-life Rothschild family, a Jewish and European banking dynasty, has for centuries been the subject of anti-Semitic , fables revolving around their alleged control of world finances. The film that’s up for sale at of the industry’s business is done, has dropped the from the family’s name, but the title is still loaded. Even more bizarrely: Mel Gibson is attached to star.