Comments | extemporanea: funny how secrets travel

extemporanea

funny how secrets travel

Jul 26, 2012 16:24

I blush to admit my slight obsession with the TomKat meltdown, which is really no more than the continuation of my obsession with TomKat, and before that with Tom Cruise himself. This is not, I hasten to clarify, any sort of fangirl he's-so-attractive sort of thing: I can't stand the man, and my interest is more of a sort of horrified fascination ( Read more... )

paranoid conspiracy, academia, random analysis, kultcha, tom cruise hatred

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ext_737886 July 26 2012, 19:18:15 UTC

You might enjoy this then - rather analytical take on the TomKat relationship and break-up as performance/text.
http://bit.ly/QL5cEK

extemporanea July 26 2012, 20:15:03 UTC

ooh, lovely, thank you! although I think it underplays the Scientology control-freak stuff. Scientology is bloody scary.

ext_737886 July 26 2012, 20:37:57 UTC

Yerssss... but I am very aware that my "Scientology=scary" (and closely related Tom=creepy) response is highly conditioned by none-too-balanced media coverage. And therefore in this article, I appreciated having that downplayed a bit. It is after all more about how audiences respond to TomKat than what's actually going on with them (and the Scientology factor), which we cannot possibly know.

bend_gules July 27 2012, 11:12:04 UTC

Good lord - I feel dirty just looking at paparazzi pics.

I suppose I'm as vain as the next person, but it's odd having someone speculate on the vanity of a 'star' (ie commenting on the height of Tom's running shoe heels).

tngr_spacecadet July 31 2012, 09:00:45 UTC

Whenever I see anything about Tom Cruise I can't help remembering the video where he talks about scientology. That was the weirdest thing I have ever seen.

There has been a staunch "free Katie" brigade in the anti-scientology movement from the moment TomKat first publically announced their relationship. It was not long before she turned into an emaciated Stepford-bot and it's great to see her smiling again and looking much healthier.

Scientology is bloody terrifying and it has established a nice firm foothold in dear old SA. For example, people from front organisation Narconon get quoted in our local newspapers as if they are qualified to talk about drug addiction, and the Kyalami Castle HQ is used by the clueless as a wedding and function venue. If only they knew.