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Hangman Deserved!

Hangman Deserved!

Rooster playing that nepotism card.

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Major spoilers for Top Gun: Maverick follow.
Glen Powell, human Pixar character smile, in Top Gun: Maverick. Photo: Screenshot.

Last week I went to the cinema to see Top Gun: Maverick, a totally enjoyable movie about Tom Cruise beating the naturally-occurring process of aging, Tom Cruise quietly kissing Jennifer Connelly, Tom Cruise wearing the same three shirts, jacket, and pair of jeans, Tom Cruise flying planes and delivering one-liners, and Tom Cruise running, as Tom Cruise is wont to do. What can I say: Papi’s Home!

For months, I’ve been wondering what Tom Cruise would do if Tom Cruise could not get these fucking movies out: If Top Gun: Maverick was delayed one more time, Tom Cruise would stomp so furiously that he would split the earth and be swallowed by it, Rumpelstiltskin-style. If Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was delayed again, Tom Cruise would personally travel to every movie theater in America, pry open the doors to redeem his AMC stubs points, and not leave …

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