Out of Frame: Scientology and Hollywood
6/12/20261 hr 6 min
In preparation for Monday's episode on War of the Worlds (2005) Chris and Lizzie explore the history of Scientology, the wave of religious movements in early 20th century Los Angeles, and set the table for Tom Cruise's disastrous publicity tour leading up to the release of the film.
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First 90 secondsLizzy Bassett· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong?, your favorite podcast, full stop, that just so happens to be about movies and how it's nearly impossible to make them, let alone a good one, let alone to make a good one or any movie at all, uh, whilst one scrubs the deck of the sea org. I'm Lizzy Bassett, one of your hosts here, as always, with Chris Winterbauer, and I'm really, really excited for today's episode. Chris, what have you prepared for us?
Chris Winterbauer· Host0:50
Today, Lizzy, we are diving into a unique phenomena, or so I thought- Ooh ... of Hollywood, which is a religion very closely associated with Hollywood, which is Scientology, which is important to tee up because it becomes an important aspect of our coverage of War of the Worlds, which comes on Monday. So this is, you could call it an out of frame, you could call it a primer. I am going to call it an exploration of Scientology and how perhaps it is not as fringe as we might think relative to many a