Posted on 09/30/2012 8:16:59 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The relationship between U.S. actor Tom Cruise and Scientology leader David Miscavige is so close the lines between them are blurred, an ex-Scientologist said.
Former Scientologist Steve Hall, who headed the church's marketing division for 20 years, said Cruise could have been seen as a victim of charismatic leader Miscavige when he became a Scientologist, but not anymore.
"There's a point of no return, and I think Tom has crossed it," Hall told The Hollywood Reporter. "The time for him to leave was a long time ago. The lines between him and Miscavige are so blurred now."
Former Scientologist Karen De La Carriere said Cruise took on more and more of Miscavige's personality traits as time went on, something Scientologists call valence.
She pointed to Cruise's interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show in 2010 as an example of this channeling of Miscavige's personality.
"The way he lit into Matt Lauer, calling him glib and attacking him -- that was exactly how David Miscavige deals with people," says De La Carriere. "That was the purest example of how Tom is in Miscavige's valence. It's a scary thing to watch."
Despite the close relationship, ex-Scientologists say Miscavige frequently talks negatively about Cruise behind his back, THR reported.eader David Miscavige is so close the lines between them are blurred, an ex-Scientologist said.
Former Scientologist Steve Hall, who headed the church's marketing division for 20 years, said Cruise could have been seen as a victim of charismatic leader Miscavige when he became a Scientologist, but not anymore.
"There's a point of no return, and I think Tom has crossed it," Hall told The Hollywood Reporter. "The time for him to leave was a long time ago. The lines between him and Miscavige are so blurred now."
Former Scientologist Karen De La Carriere said Cruise took on more and more of Miscavige's personality traits as time went on, something Scientologists call valence.
She pointed to Cruise's interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show in 2010 as an example of this channeling of Miscavige's personality.
"The way he lit into Matt Lauer, calling him glib and attacking him -- that was exactly how David Miscavige deals with people," says De La Carriere. "That was the purest example of how Tom is in Miscavige's valence. It's a scary thing to watch."
Despite the close relationship, ex-Scientologists say Miscavige frequently talks negatively about Cruise behind his back, THR reported.
The first part of this article interested me, but I got bored halfway through and began to find it rather unsurprising.
I feel like I read that article twice.
I met one trying to sell Dianetics book on a street of NY city in 1985. After a certain point they get unhinged in their personality. Very amazing when it comes out.
This must be the year of cults in America.
The more the article repeats the word ‘blurred’, the more I know it’s as a propaganda meme.
So…they’re a couple?
JPB you never cease to amaze with your graphic archive
and how much delightful color you add to the FR threads.
And you remind me of high school with that pic, because in
the 60s, the Doublemint Twins, Joan and Jean Boyd, made an appearance at a dance at my high school,near Chicago.
They were all smiles. (I;m not sure this is J and J , or
some LATER twins, because I remember J and J as being brunettes.)
“I feel like I read that article twice.”
Deja vu all over again, lol.
Wonder if Tom made it to the first screening of THE MASTER, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I wonder also if John Travolta was his date. Sorry, couldn;t resist that one.
And a second thought: how is it that so much of this cult
BS reaches so many people? How is it that people who are otherwise talented and “intelligent” are vulnerable to these
sci-fi ideologies? How much is this the result of a failure
of education-—did they never hear of any of the actual thinkers who formed the basis for Western Civilization?
I suppose part of the appeal of things like Scientology is that they blithely sweep all “common knowledge” aside, and try to replace it with their various crackpot versions of the human mind, spirituality, and evolution, and that this, more than anything is very attractive to people who want to think of themselves as defiantly “cutting-edge”, proud in their lonely elitism as the Enlightened Ones.
It’s a breath. It’s a candy mint. It’s two articles in one.
It’s a breath. It’s a candy mint. It’s two articles in one.
I’ve heard cults try to brainwash you with repetition. I’ve heard cults try to brainwash you with repetition.
I was out of breath. I was out of breath.
A lot of actors have no firm personality of their own. That’s how they are successful in their trade of playing other people.
It’s the perfect religion for rich, lost people. They can continue to live however they want and they are assured of being “saved” as long as they can continue to throw money at this “church”.
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