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Being Tom Cruise
''The Church of Scientology Presents: Being Tom Cruise, Why Scientology Isn't In Any Way Mental'' is a satirical spoof documentary from the series ''Star Stories'', parodying the life of Tom Cruise and his relationship with the Church of Scientology. It is episode 2 of the second series of ''Star Stories'', and first aired on Channel 4 on 2 August 2007. The show recounts Cruise's time with a group of some of his early acting friends. After filming ''Top Gun'', Cruise (Kevin Bishop) is introduced to Scientology by John Travolta (Steve Edge), who convinces him to join the organization by smashing Cruise over the head with a shovel. He meets Nicole Kidman (Dolly Wells) and they start a relationship. After dating Penélope Cruz, Cruise is introduced to Katie Holmes (Laura Patch) by Travolta. Holmes agrees to marry Cruise, and the program ends with a voiceover asking the viewer to visit a Scientology website and purchase expensive products.
The program received positive reception, and ''The Guardian'' and the ''Evening Times'' highlighted it as the "pick of the day".〔〔 ''The Daily Mirror'' described it as a "brilliant spoof",〔 and ''The Sunday Times'' characterized the show as "Comedy so broad it barely fits on the screen, it is hard not to be amused".〔 The ''Herald Sun'' called it a "ruthless but spot-on parody".〔
==Plot==
The parody of Tom Cruise (Kevin Bishop) is framed through the viewpoint of the actor's association with the Church of Scientology.〔 The show recounts the actor's days with a group of actors known as the Brat Pack, and how he maintains a friendship with Patrick Swayze, an actor from this crowd.〔 (Brat Pack is a nickname given to a group of young actors and actresses who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented in the 1980s; Cruise has been referred to as a member due to his role in the film ''The Outsiders''.) While filming ''Top Gun'', Cruise is afraid he looks "a bit gay" next to his co-stars.〔 His co-stars subsequently turn into the Village People.〔 Cruise has alien spirit guides who appear as "a pair of giant blobs who speak with Welsh accents".〔 They comment on ''Top Gun'', "It's no ET but it's got something."〔 Cruise is introduced to Scientology by John Travolta (Steve Edge), who presents it as a "legitimate alien-race-based religion".〔〔 After Travolta bashes him over the head with a shovel, Cruise remarks: "Ouch. . . wait a minute. Scientology. It all makes perfect sense now."〔 Ewan McGregor tries to convince Cruise to convert to the Jedi methodology.〔
When Cruise first meets Nicole Kidman (Dolly Wells), he asks her to sit down so that he will appear taller.〔 Cruise performs his "dangling-from-the ceiling routine" from ''Mission: Impossible'' – while in bed with Kidman.〔 Cruise asks Kidman how he can prove he is not gay, and she recommends that they make the film ''Eyes Wide Shut''.〔 Stanley Kubrick is portrayed as a sleazy film director,〔 and the program shows a newspaper headline giving a critical review of ''Eyes Wide Shut''.〔 The show portrays Cruise's relationship with Penélope Cruz, who is seen wearing a mantilla.〔 Travolta introduces Cruise to his third wife Katie Holmes (Laura Patch) who is depicted as a robotic Stepford Wife.〔〔 "Greetings, Earth Man, I am here to serve you," says Holmes to Cruise upon their first meeting.〔 After Cruise asks Holmes to marry him, she states, "Affirmative".〔 The show makes fun of Cruise's couch jumping incident on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.〔 (This spoof is in reference to a 2005 appearance by Cruise on the ''Oprah'' program, where he "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend.") At the wedding of Cruise and Holmes, an alien bride and groom are displayed on the top of the couple's wedding cake, and the show spoofs the couple's wedding vows.〔 A voiceover at the end of the program tells the viewer to visit scientologyisgreat.com and purchase £4,000 worth of books.〔
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