TONY ORTEGA - UNDERGROUND BUNKER risesw to the occasion - Going Clear is not subtle. L. Ron Hubbard is portrayed as a madman whose mania was fully encoded in Scientology, so that all church members end up running his case, not their own, and end up adopting his ways of thinking and his neuroses. And in the second half, the movie unsparingly examines David Miscavige’s rise to power, his abusive use of that control, and his push for the accumulation of stunning wealth. And he might not have been able to do all that without the help of his pal, Tom Cruise. But will that always be the case? If Marty Rathbun once was ordered to drive a wedge between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Gibney’s film, in part with the help of Rathbun, pretty openly tries to drive a wedge between Miscavige and Cruise. Not only does the movie hit Cruise hard, it also argues that the actor should be leading a celebrity revolt against Scientology’s present leader.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:30:15 +0000
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