It’s been more than a decade since Tom Cruise made a movie that did NOT make $100 million. The newest Mission: Impossible just opened at $235 million.
And yet. Didn’t we all decide not to like Tom Cruise anymore a long time ago?
This hour — in the fifth decade of his career, in the seventh (!) decade of his life, nearly two decades after Oprah’s couch — a look at the continued phenomenon that is Tom Cruise.
GUESTS:
- Jim Chapdelaine: An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers
- Taneisha Duggan: Associate producer at Octopus Theatricals
- James Hanley: Co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College
- Sam Hatch: Co-hosts The Culture Dogs on Sunday nights on WWUH
- Rich Hollant: Principal at CO:LAB, founder of Free Center, and commissioner on cultural affairs for the city of Hartford
- Jacques Lamarre: A playwright and chief communications officer at Buzz Engine
- Ben Lindbergh: Senior editor at The Ringer
- Stephanie Merry: Book World editor for The Washington Post
- Bob Mondello: NPR’s senior arts critic
- Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance
- Julia Rosenblatt: A playwright, director, actor, theater educator, and co-founder of HartBeat Ensemble
- Brian Slattery: Arts editor for the New Haven Independent
- Pedro Soto: President and CEO of Hygrade Precision Technologies
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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Cat Pastor, Catie Talarski, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, parts of which originally aired April 27, 2017; August 3, 2018; March 6, 2019; January 15, 2021; August 26, 2022; and September 30, 2022, in a different form.
