And I was one of the biggest Cruise apologists out there for the longest while. I tried divorcing the man's daft philosophies and grandstanding exhibitions from his artistry as an actor. I tried sympathizing with him, one misunderstood misfit to another. I've tried rationalizing his freakier outrages. But, in the end, I have to say it, the man is a freakin' loon.
I can tolerate the way he controls every aspect of his young bride's existence. I don't approve of mysoginy, but some of our greatest geniuses---Hitchcock and his enmity with Tippi Hedron, springs to mind---have loathed the softer sex, not that I consider Cruise bound for the mosaics of Byzantium.
I can shrug off his knee-jerk litigiousness. Okay, the man lacks the all-embracing humerus of, John Malkovich, say---see Adaptation and, of course, Being John Malkovich---but not all of us are as gracious. Some of us, our ribs chafe more quickly when poked.
I can even tolerate his Oprah antics. Anyone see the Web spoof, with the Force lightning? Or the genius lampoon of it in Scary Movie 4?
But "all mental illness is illusory"? That, friends, is insane. I mean, I knew he was against an over-medicated society, but I didn't know Scientology considers all pathologies to be a sham.
So, all those mentally-handicapped and schizophrenic myriads down through the years---from Christ's time, when they were regarded as demon-possessed, to the ghastly asylum's of Sade's time (see Quills)---this has all been one big bluff?
Does this man---and all Scientologists, for that matter---think mental illness is a 20th-century invention? Does he know what happened to people with gremlins in their skulls 200 years ago, the way they were shoveled together, like the politically-outspoken were once sent to Siberia, crushed together on fetid straw carpets, naked or in rags?
And then came electroshock therapy--oh, look how calm these lunatics get after we blast half of their brains away. And don't even get me started on FF lobotomies.
Anyhoo, I'm going to cut my own mike, before this turns into another classic Lantern Jack rant. I guess this is just another disgusting example of the hideous underbelly of free speech---that every crank and cussable soul gets his own bully pulpit.
P.S. And, yes, yes I realize the irony of a person with acute (albeit, unmedicated) BP disorder being a powerful Tom Cruise fan
Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!
--- a fine example of the the type of craziness I'd like to hear coming out of a celebrity's mouth, instead of the fouler, more malignant brand we too often hear
I can tolerate the way he controls every aspect of his young bride's existence. I don't approve of mysoginy, but some of our greatest geniuses---Hitchcock and his enmity with Tippi Hedron, springs to mind---have loathed the softer sex, not that I consider Cruise bound for the mosaics of Byzantium.
I can shrug off his knee-jerk litigiousness. Okay, the man lacks the all-embracing humerus of, John Malkovich, say---see Adaptation and, of course, Being John Malkovich---but not all of us are as gracious. Some of us, our ribs chafe more quickly when poked.
I can even tolerate his Oprah antics. Anyone see the Web spoof, with the Force lightning? Or the genius lampoon of it in Scary Movie 4?
But "all mental illness is illusory"? That, friends, is insane. I mean, I knew he was against an over-medicated society, but I didn't know Scientology considers all pathologies to be a sham.
So, all those mentally-handicapped and schizophrenic myriads down through the years---from Christ's time, when they were regarded as demon-possessed, to the ghastly asylum's of Sade's time (see Quills)---this has all been one big bluff?
Does this man---and all Scientologists, for that matter---think mental illness is a 20th-century invention? Does he know what happened to people with gremlins in their skulls 200 years ago, the way they were shoveled together, like the politically-outspoken were once sent to Siberia, crushed together on fetid straw carpets, naked or in rags?
And then came electroshock therapy--oh, look how calm these lunatics get after we blast half of their brains away. And don't even get me started on FF lobotomies.
Anyhoo, I'm going to cut my own mike, before this turns into another classic Lantern Jack rant. I guess this is just another disgusting example of the hideous underbelly of free speech---that every crank and cussable soul gets his own bully pulpit.
P.S. And, yes, yes I realize the irony of a person with acute (albeit, unmedicated) BP disorder being a powerful Tom Cruise fan
Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!
--- a fine example of the the type of craziness I'd like to hear coming out of a celebrity's mouth, instead of the fouler, more malignant brand we too often hear
