Crazy-in-fake-love and contractually bound Sea Org Dr. Tom Cruise, PhD has predictably provoked a backlash in the form of a petition signed by almost 14,000 people boycotting WOTW:
Dear Mr. Spielberg, Sincerely,
We, the undersigned, wish to inform you that we are compelled to boycott your movie “War of the Worlds”. Our decision is based solely on the abhorrent behavior of Mr. Tom Cruise. We will not be spending our good money to support the ridiculous and potentially dangerous antics of this raving narcissist. Mr. Cruise’s actions and comments have been offensive and insulting when not downright laughable.
-We do not want to hear Mr. Cruise’s uneducated and unsubstantiated opinions on medicine and Psychiatry. His mean-spirited decision to use Brooke Shields as an example was unforgivable. The potential impact on those in need of treatment, who might heed the advice of a ‘celebrity’ over a trained professional, is dangerous. If Mr. Cruise believes that vitamins can cure mental illness, then perhaps he should consider increasing his dosage.
-We do not want to be enlightened about Mr. Cruise's ‘religion’ of Scientology. If he is so concerned about mind control, he should not be part of an organization that seems to use this tactic as its Modus Operandi. Mr. Spielberg, was the fully staffed Scientology tent you allowed Mr. Cruise to have on the movie set placed right next to the Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim tents? Didn’t think so.
-We are sick of being force-fed his relationship with Katie Holmes which, if it isn’t the publicity hoax it appears to be, is a pathetic, juvenile, attention mongering display. Tom’s obvious control of his Stepford-Wife-To-Be is frightening.
-We do not want to watch his ‘out of control’ yet suspiciously manipulative antics nor listen to his condescending, holier-than-thou judgments. This man cannot even articulate a coherent sentence. He should stick to reading movie scripts.
It is revealing that the most compelling character Tom Cruise has ever portrayed is “Frank TJ Mackay” from Magnolia, a control-freak with a pathological need to assert his obsession over not just those around him, but the public as well, by exploiting his access to public media. Apparently Mr. Cruise was playing himself.
Perhaps he views the aliens he battles in War of the worlds as a metaphor for the aliens he and his Scientology friends believe inhabit we humans. Relax Tom, it’s just a movie. A movie we will not be paying to see.
Now I don’t know about you but I completely disagree with the idea of this petition. In fact, I’ve never liked Dr. T until now. In my house we weren’t allowed to watch anything with even the slightest hint of swearing, sex, or violence… which pretty much explains why I can recite most of The Sound of Music by heart. So I didn’t see Top Gun or Cocktail or any other classic 80s movies that would make a young girl fall hopelessly in love with Dr. T. But now! Wow! What an entertainer! What a perfectly enviable promotional performance! It’s now and not 15 years ago that I have a huge crush on him. How fun would it be to go couch-jumping, fist-pumping, and Aristotle-posing around the globe? How great would it be to repeatedly go completely batshit crazy in public knowing you’re making a small fortune in the process? Much more fun than the same old coke-snorting LA parties I’m sure. So one of these days I’m going to pay back Dr. T for all the entertainment he’s given me over the past weeks by proudly paying eight euros to see his alien movie. Haters be damned! I love Tom Cruise.
Rochester Binghampton said...
annie said...
yes, forgot that part.
thanks.