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Tom Cruise will receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award, joining a past roster of honorees that includes Hollywood greats from Bette Davis and Gregory Peck to Meryl Streep and Francis Ford Coppola
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sanitation lemmy.today sanitation@lemmy.today
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Montagge lemmy.zip Montagge@lemmy.zip
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Fuck Tom Cruise

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ominous ocelot leminal.space probable_possum@leminal.space
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Fuck Tom Cruise

He made the wrong life choices in supporting a parasitic organisation.

I can't separate this fact from his work as an actor. Scientology uses him as a poster boy to lure people in. Other actors in this situation distanced themselves from Scientology. He didn't.

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
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Hey, that’s awesome! But… on the subject, Scientology is for people who are already batshit insane but want to see if there’s a Batshit Insaner setting.

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BougieBirdie piefed.blahaj.zone Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone
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Wow, what do you suppose an award like that costs you?

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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He made the wrong life choices in supporting a parasitic organisation. I can't separate this fact from his work as an actor. Scientology uses him as a poster boy to lure people in. Other actors in this situation distanced themselves from Scientology. He didn't.

By every account I've ever heard, he's also just a great dude.

Could just be really good PR though I guess.

It's really difficult to square his scientology with him being like the nicest, most generous actor alive... But I dunno, I've known some very nice Christians too so I guess anything is possible.

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ominous ocelot leminal.space probable_possum@leminal.space
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By every account I've ever heard, he's also just a great dude. Could just be really good PR though I guess. It's really difficult to square his scientology with him being like the nicest, most generous actor alive... But I dunno, I've known some very nice Christians too so I guess anything is possible.

It's really difficult to square his scientology with him being like the nicest, most generous actor alive...

For me it is about what he does while being charming. This makes it difficult for me to appreciate his work. He surely is a great actor.

It's part of Scientologys public relations strategy to adorn themselves with VIPs. They did it since before the word influencer was coined. If someone plays along with this, he is part of the problem in my eyes.

But that's just my opinion based on the stories I heard from former members, journalists and experts on sects. Everyone needs to find his/ her own. ;)

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