Speaking about Hucksterology. . .
There is an eerie parallel between Travolta's dueling cults of choice, Scientology & Hollywood. They both operate through the identical marketing cycle:
1. Dreamy Promotional Phase for my latest Movie or new miraculous Rundown: You're not going to believe my new film (or OT level), it's completely amazing, beyond your wildest dreams! It's going to be a commercial blockbuster and critical bonanza! You need to see it right now, you're going to love it, everyone's going to love it!
2. Distribution Phase for latest Movie or miraculous Rundown: Movie or new OT level is released to general public. Slammed by critics, customers walk out (of theater or blow cult). Altogether, a miserable, humiliating fail that is never mentioned again.
3. Never mind that--seriously, this time my newest Movie or miraculous OT level is going to really blow you away Dreamy Phase 2.0: You're not going to believe my next film (or OT level), it's completely amazing, beyond your wildest dreams! It's going to be a commercial blockbuster and critical bonanza! You need to see it right now, you're going to love it, everyone's going to love it!
The secret behind #3 is that every time there is an unprecedented failure, the huckster uses their TRs to re-deliver the same identical pitch---with the same identical boundless certainty and grinning---but "in a new unit of time". This is both Scientology's and Hollywood's successful action, the ability to convincingly pretend/lie with total freedom from guilt.
"Never regret yesterday, life is lies are in you today and
you create your own (acceptable truths) tomorrow."
- L. Ron Hubbard with edits by his evil twin brother Don Hubbard
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