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‘Going Clear’ creators say Cruise & Travolta should speak out against Scientology abuses


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Sundance: ‘Going Clear’ Creators Say Tom Cruise and John Travolta Should Speak Out Against Scientology’s Abuses

i am familiar with the book, so if the film is half as thorough, it could be rather fearless in opening once nailed down windows of the cult. However, the call from Alex Gibney (director) and Lawrence Wright (author) for Cruise & Travolta (of all people) to defy the "order" has to be filed under "never gonna happen"--and dropped in trashcan.

 

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Well, doesn't the fact that Travolta and Cruise are on public record as to being proud Scientologists speak for itself? That is all you really need to know about the "religion" cult, in the first place. But seriously, who cares what actors have to say, anyway? Why can't people just make up their own minds, and why do celebrities need to tell people what to think? That's basically how Scientology got its start in the first place; relying on celebrities to spread the word.

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Well, doesn't the fact that Travolta and Cruise are on public record as to being proud Scientologists speak for itself? That is all you really need to know about the "religion" cult, in the first place. But seriously, who cares what actors have to say, anyway? Why can't people just make up their own minds, and why do celebrities need to tell people what to think? That's basically how Scientology got its start in the first place; relying on celebrities to spread the word.

Because we--the West more than anywhere else--are a pathetic, celebrity-lusting culture. Why would anyone in their right minds listen to Clooney, Dean Cain or Bill Maher about anything? Because the public bought into the false value placed on performers, so it served as an "election" of such people to the office of Opinions You Need To Accept As True. In no small way helped by representing what is desired most: inflated self over character, materialism over substance. So, if some "star" says we should walk around with a Coke bottle up our asses while protesting whatever, too many are primed to follow.

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