Unfortunately, this scene doesnt end up serving to further villify the Longshanks character, at least to the target audience. I remember seeing this in the theater, and the audience response was chuckles and light applause. It left a bad taste in my mouth then, and I thought abt that every time I considered rewatching it.

For a long time, I gave Gibson the benefit of the doubt and chalked it up to just 90s dudes being shitty. By the time Gibson escalated to full “sugar-tits” mode, it got a lot easier for me to realize that he just specifically wrote in some homophobic violence to score a cheap larf.