Note to Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields
You guys are friggin' actors. I'm no more interested in either of your opinions on post-partum depression or the validity of psychiatry as a medical field or psychopharmacology as a form of treatment than I am in having my auto mechanic -- whom I respect and admire greatly when it comes to diagnosing a leaking oil pan or replacing a water pump -- figure out what's wrong with my back.
Freedom of speech rocks: It lets celebrities make public spectacles of themselves by espousing their whackadoodle beliefs on morning television and publish books about subjects they're not qualified to talk about. Too bad there's a celebrity culture in this country that actually makes both actions viable, however.
To anyone who actually watches Entertainment Tonight or Inside Edition seriously: There's a lot of other enriching, interesting and entertaining television to watch, folks. Even better, turn off the TV, read a book and learn something. Tom and Brooke might be pretty to look at, but you're better off doing some research and forming your own opinion than basing what you think you know off what some famous guy (or gal) has to say.
Comments
Brooke can reasonably talk about this having gone through, but Tom?
He's getting pretty strange
Posted by: Jim Dalrymple | July 3, 2005 11:32 PM
Apparently during the filming of The War Of The Worlds Tom Cruise insisted upon his right to erect a stall to help recruitment into Church of Scientology. Eventually it was taken down after a number of technicians also requested to exercise their rights to erect stalls for the Roman Catholic, Anglican and even the Presbytarian churches.
Posted by: Julian Taylor | July 4, 2005 07:53 PM
Good thing I wasn't there. I'd insist on equal time for the Church of Euthanasia.
Posted by: flargh | July 4, 2005 08:27 PM