Great writing Tom, well done for laying that down. I remember watching Polar Express and being horrified by the image of Hanx behind the children with a menacing face as they plunged downwards on the train. It was so creepy and deliberate. There's so much to Hanx, good to see people begin to figure out he's not the Mr Nice Guy he hides behind. Did you notice his house didn't burn in the LA fires? Funny that. Here's something I wrote about him which might interest you: https://substack.com/@aislingoloughlin/p-143308828
Thanks for sharing that link. I read it. I was unfamiliar with the Hanx/Colbert exchange; weren't they all on David Geffen's yacht? I remember that gala get together, Springsteen swimming around in his tighty-whities and looking the elderly fool.
POLAR EXPRESS...freakin' washed up Robert Zemeckis again! Seems he and Hanx have got something goin' on. Zemeckis an Occult Auteur for sure, years ago. Now he's depleted and burning money.
Thanks for writing this! Tom “Hanx” creeped a lot of people out from his weird “one glove/one shoe found in the middle of abandoned roads” posts on social media. That all culminated in the death of Isaac Kappy who died (mysteriously) near where Tom hanks made a “abandoned shoe” post like a month previously. Super weird. And you didn’t even get into his son’s weird “Hanx” brand of “bespoke” handkerchiefs which all have strange symbolism, as well. Satan masquerades as an angel of light and the demons among us have acting careers.
While it would've been a worthy effort, this piece would've been twice as long (and it was too long already) if I'd started digging into Hanx's Ista & Xwitter collection of missing gloves, strange posts sexualizing little girls, and his unbalanced children's behaviors & business pursuits.
Isaac Kappy....frankly, I'm not entirely sure what to make of that guy, though I will note how he and Tracy Twyman died less than 2 months apart, which I doubt is any kind of coincidence. Certainly he made accusations about a lot of the usual suspects and a few unusual ones as well.
I will note that the former Editor-in-Chief of DIGIDAY, Brian Morrissey, used to likewise share photographs of missing gloves on his Xwitter account, just like Hanx, but he's deleted them all (along with all his posts comparing President Orange and his voters to Nazis...and there were A LOT). Just an observation. Thank you again for your comment!
Thanks, in my opinion, this is one of the best of your pieces. I like ones that weave Hollywood, film criticism, occult conspiracies, crazy coincidences and current events. Bravo.
Great stuff, Tom. I've despised Hanks since his ridiculous award winning role as "Forrest Gump." I have a niece with Down Syndrome. Hanks had no idea how to play someone who was cognitively challenged. "Life is like a bowl of cherries." And then he came out publicly and said Oswald acted alone. Lovely. He also seems to think he actually fought in WWII, and maybe went to the moon. I can never forget all the creepy photos he posted on Twitter of shoes he found on the side of highways. Why would there be so many shoes on the side of highways? Hanks seemed to always be finding them. I wrote about his laughable bout with "COVID" in "Masking the Truth," the most shadow banned book in the world. Thanks!
I do my best to separate the Art from the Artist, even if the Artist is a monster, best I can. I loved FORREST GUMP when I first saw it, and I daresay I've liked it the couple times I've seen it since, even though I know it is a very sinister film subtextually.
All the other stuff you recount is valid. Hanx is a monster, I don't doubt it. And yet. And yet....
Have you seen THAT THING YOU DO? If you can track down the Director's Cut (149 minutes), I can almost guarantee you'll love it (unless you simply can't get passed Hanx). I'm not sure how a monster could make that movie; it's full of love.
I will note that when it comes to Art/Artist, there are a few occasions where the hypocrisy gets so deep I can't get past it. Most notably Bruce Springsteen, one of the heroes of my Jersey youth and well into adulthood, who ultimately proved to be a total fraud. It breaks my heart that I can't even listen to his music anymore (with a couple exceptions).
Jason Isbell is another one. Amazing songwriter, I listened to him probably more than any other musical artist before the pandemic, when he became a total tool. When Van Morrison was fighting against lockdowns and mandatory vaxx, Isbell went on TV wearing a mask to sing "Into the Mystic" and mock Van the Man to the world. I haven't listened to one of his songs since. I hate him even more than Springsteen now and there are NO exceptions for him. Fuck. That. Guy.
But bands like Led Zep and the Stones, they never promised me they were anything they weren't. Even if they were/are terrible people I can still take their music to heart. They didn't lie to me, so I can still respect them.
Thank you for your comment, Don! I'm still making my way through AMERICAN MEMORY HOLE. Much like your excellent book ON BORROWED FAME, the tales you tell and the combinationn of fact, emotion & personal style that infuses your writing makes it disheartening going without occasional breaks. But I will finish it, just like ON BORROWED FAME, because it's great reporting and writing. Thanks for all your efforts, you are one of my favorite contemporary writers.
I've never considered him a legit actor. He's only given the choicest, most actor-proof parts. These are movies that, if the actor doesn't get in the way of the story, they are seen as brilliant. Brando talked about these kinds of movies in his autobiography -- the audience identifies with the universal story or theme, sees themselves as the character (the universal hero, the underdog, etc.), and they do all the acting in their own heads, while attributing it to the person on the screen. Movies like this give the actor a "halo effect" and the media only ever fortifies the actor's greatness. It's all money and they're all in on it.
Interesting observation, and I appreciate the Brando citation as backup, even if I don't agree when it comes to Hanx. But maybe I will agree in a year's time or more. There are some actors/actresses whom I used to like but now "see through them" on screen, though it's an intangible feeling. Thank you for your comment!
Not sure what you can disagree with. Would you put Hanx in the same category as Gary Oldman and young De Niro? Hanx is a hack. I can explain the intangible, by the way, so feel free to ask about what I think you mean in regard to specific actors. I have some pat answers that will make you say, "Now that you mention it, you're right, that is some terrible acting."
Well, between the two guys you suggest, no. But you're namedropping the top actors of all time! But neither of them were actors AND movie stars, the way Hanx was for more than a decade. Neither have ever "opened" a movie. Despite my personal contempt for the guy, I honestly opine he's worn the All-American persona well; it's just the cumulative effect of his C.V. reveals a different picture.
I'm always happy to read your opinions if you feel like dropping them on specific actors, or anything for that matter.
Hanx is a manufactured movie star. "Opening movies" has no place in the original conversation, as my critique is only germane to his being an actual actor. His acting doesn't come from his soul. He's just an ape who copies human expressions, but he is never feeling anything. Nothing he does comes from his soul. He never says to himself, "I AM this character." I've actually been on set with him (The Terminal) and seen how he works... he might as well be breakdancing between takes on the most dramatic scenes. I don't think he ever had any real training (didn't care enough to), and the depth of his technique is making sure his face matches the lines he's saying. He couldn't improvise a fart at a bean-eating contest.
While Daniel Day Lewis is fun to watch, does all of the things mentioned above (which Hanx doesn't), I think he's more of a show pony nowadays. He's doing a lot of mugging, but because everything comes from his belief that he IS the character, he can sell it -- he can make a larger-than-life character seem real. However, if you met this character in real life, you'd be like, "Are you not feeling ok, or is this a hidden camera show?"
Gary Oldman can do the same, or he can reign it in, depending on the kind of film it is -- he can go HUGE, and he can go small -- but you still feel like if you met this character in real life, you wouldn't feel like you were being put on.
Hanx is just a sitcom actor they took and jammed into a Jimmy Stewart-esque role (because he would play ball), except Jimmy Stewart had real acting chops (he's not a "method" guy, but his natural instincts informed his own sort of method that worked well for him and the types of roles he took. I would rather watch Jimmy Stewart play this scene rather than Hanx because there is some real acting going on here...
I had a friend who worked with Gary Oldman for a day on Sid and Nancy. Said he was the sweetest guy ever. That friend also had a female friend who had a roommate at the time by the name of Courtney Love. Courtney moved out one day while her roommate was at work... and stole all of the furniture.
Hmmm the movies are a stretch but I don’t doubt some of the insinuations…& I haven’t seen a hanks film since Capt Sully. My red flag was when he & Rita came out w/covid because at that point I was onto covid being a scam & them announcing it to the world made me feel they were dumb or part of the scam - either way I no longer looked to him as a legit good guy (& I had been on board w/him since bosom buddies!). I think his actions/expressions at the academy awards (or whatever awards show) sealed the deal that I did not like him & he was not what I believed. I think Ellen degenneres was the other actor I was fooled by. Their personas were so self deprecating & real. Good actors I guess
Yes, the Covid performance the same day W.H.O. declared global pandemic is a little too on the nose for the virus's mass media marketing snow job. That should've woken up a bunch of people.
Ellen Degeneres always struck me as a bit affected and insufferable, though I had no idea she was actually a monster. Never thought she was all that funny, or had screen presence, or seemed fully human, like she was always "on," always acting. Plus she had Anne Heche murdered, IMHO, so there's that. Thank you for your comment!
I thought it was bizarre that straight Anne Heche started dating Ellen. My recall of Ellen was from really early days on some show - can’t recall the name but she wasn’t out yet. After that I only saw glimpses of her which as we know small windows into “funny” people are good & large glimpses can turn you off. Hollywood is just so effed up - it’s really more about identifying the very few sane & assuming everyone else is off. I have been turned off by so many because of their comments & actions that I can’t watch their stuff anymore.
Yeah, the narrative on Anne Heche was that she was a nymphomaniac but straight, then suddenly she was hooking up with Ellen.
Then again, THE ADVOCATE magazine called them "the first gay supercouple," according to Wikipedia, so that may have been been tempting; for all we know, they may not have even had an intimate relationship and the whole thing was a grand Narrative scam.
Like so many actors & actresses, in her 2001 biography CALL ME CRAZY, Heche alleged extensive sexual abuse by her father. And that death was suspicious, to say the least. Ellen's career, already on the ropes, didn't survive it at least.
Being curious about why his surname is spelled in this post both as H-a-n-x and H-a-n-k-s, I looked up the word "Hanx" -- spelled with the letter "X." What I learned was that "Hanx" is the name of Tom Hanks own brand of coffee, begun in 2022, with other Hanx products soon to follow. Some or all of the profits are [allegedly] donated by Mr. Hanky to help veterans and their families.
I don't think I've ever seen a Hanx movie except perhaps Splash!. Might have seen Gump but only on TV and I don't think all the way through. You ask, "Who is Hanx, really?" Until I was alerted, I had zero clue who he now seems to be, I just thought he seemed fake and that is why I've never been drawn to seeing any of his movies because my feeling was, He's Fake, Movie Fake.
Obviously, there's a lot of truth being told, predictive programming-wise, etc, in Hollywood movies but I don't think I've really missed out on anything. Firstly, predictive programming can be misleading because it generally presents some truth but mixed with lies and I see no reason not to simply wait for the "real" fake show. And then even without watching a movie you can tell from the synopsis it's some kind of predictive programming if you're clued in, eg, Contagion. I didn't watch it and had no clue that a pandemic was coming but I've seen people say they recognised what that film signified and I see no reason not to believe them.
Guess what? While Simon Shack et al worked out as long ago as 2009 that the footage of the destruction of the twin towers and WTC-7 was faked (the reality of controlled demolition would have been too obvious for one thing) and even the images of Ground Zero, I only really got onto it a couple of months ago.
"It's all fake!" Orson Welles said, and he was a moviemaker's moviemaker. Way things are going, you may yet get the final word, Petra....thank you for your comment!
Man, I wish I knew that guy. He was so fun to listen to. Everyone called him a "genius" and he would just be self-deprecating. Another dude like that is Robert Mitchum. His interview with Dick Cavett is just fascinating, intelligent, and he's so funny. We need more guy like them these days.
Have you seen THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, Welles' final film? I was eagerly awaiting it for literally decades, when it finally landed on Netflix a couple years ago, I was hugely disappointed. Old man trying new tricks and it didn't work.
Robert Mitchum is one of my all-time favorite actors, and one of the two actors whom I can sell in B&W movies to my son, Bogart being the other. Those guys were ahead of their time.
Dick Cavett was great. Lots of old 60s/70s TV interviewers were so much better than what we get today, though I guess you could argue that type of conversation has now been adapted by podcasters. Everything old is new again! The more things change, the more they remain the same! Thank you for your comment!
I have no interest in seeing a movie that was never finished. It was most likely bad because of that, so you can't blame Orson. He could never get the money to finish shooting, so if he couldn't finish shooting, he never did the edit... and a film is made in the editing process. Kane is a masterpiece from a young wunderkind that exposed a little too much of the Banking Oligarchy/MSM Propaganda Complex... and they did everything to destroy him for the rest of his career. He still managed to put on a brave face, did the rounds, carried on, and was able to do what he loved without ending up on the streets. His perseverance boggles the mind. I still have yet to see The Trial, but I look forward to it, as I always thought Anthony Perkins was much more talented than he was given credit for. Ever see Pretty Poison? Perkins and Tuesday Weld are amazing in that! TW is another one who had advanced acting chops, but somehow isn't seen for that.
I agree that a fair critic can't fully judge OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND as Welles' completed film, but it is a competed film. That said, just by its of-its-time "hip" directing style, very dated now, you could tell he was emulating not innovating.
I haven't seen THE TRIAL since college; my memory is that it was a tightening screws bummer. The original 148 minute cut of MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS before RKO took the picture away from Welles while he was in Brazil shooting IT'S ALL TRUE, his aborted third film that suffered an even more dire fate than AMBERSONS.
I agree Anthony Perkins was a much better actor than given credit for. He was too indelible as Norman Bates, his career changed forever after that. His earlier films show a lot more variety. I remember, even more than PSYCHO, his even more dangerously insane sex freak serial killer who wielded a sharpened metallic vibrator, in that wild Ken Russell-takes-Brian de Palma to "11" thriller CRIMES OF PASSION. I also saw PRETTY POISON decades and decades ago; there is a cult of Tuesday Weld, I thought.
I love Ambersons. There's shots in that I've only ever seen in Orson's films.
I can't really say anything bad about the guy. He wasn't having the career he should have had because it was cursed by fascist oligarchs. They ruined everything he did and he kept on working in spite of them, without crying uncle, which is what they wanted.
I've been hearing that, recently, The Trial is being re-appraised as too far ahead of its time. Maybe watch it again?
I would put Perkins in the same league as John Hurt, only they were dealt much different cards.
Fun Question: How many people realize that John Hurt not only played Winston Smith in 1984, but figuratively played Big Brother in V for Vendetta?
Tuesday Weld has a few brief scenes with Duvall in Falling Down. In those short scenes, she is nothing but brilliant. That character is 100% real and there's nothing showy about it. That's the sweet spot.
Another actress who never really got the credit she deserved was Barbara Harris. She seemed to do more comedy, than drama, but she has this tiny little scene in Grosse Pointe Blank which is just perfection -- I can't see any acting, and it's 100% real and straight.
Am I the only mother nervously listening in on my little girl soaking up ‘Hi Neighbor’ , showcasing the ugliest (Lady Elaine) mutant cast of puppets playing out nebulous unthematic shows within a show? Hate to admit, but both Hanx and Mr. Roger’s creep me out in serious stay away from my little kids ways.
I've always had a dark inkling about Fred Rogers, but nothing concrete. I'm probably just being too cynical, but anybody Hanx embodies at this point is suspect to me. What could be more esoterically "beyond good & evil" balanced than building up children's self-esteem in public while cutting them to pieces in private?
I don't actually think this was the case, but I don't entirely dismiss it, either. If nearly all media — and MR. ROGERS was government media, PBS — is Narrative Control, then Fred Rogers was a propaganda weapon on some level.
Moreover, if you thought Lady Elaine was gross, don't watch any of the modern animation from Disney+ or Nickelodeon! Thank you for your comment!
“No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. And charming a spell, and asking of a necromancer, and a wizard, and seeking to the dead.“
Have any of Hanx kids died? They exhibit behaviors suggestive of abuse, but I don't think he's sacrificed any of them that I recall.
I personally think there are spiritual/immaterial beings all around us, of different moral stripes and motivations, just like human beings. Not sure we're supposed to ignore them so much as discern the Good from the Evil. Thank you for your comment!
A Trevor Moore reference! For those of your readers who are unfamiliar with Trevor Moore, he was one of the most based and underrated comedians I've ever come across. His journey through fame was compelling and interesting: the child of Christian folk singers but who had a very warped and dark sense of humor. Formed a comedy troupe in college that was picked up by a network. Did side gigs on Leno and other late night shows, and was a minor regular on various Comedy Central vehicles. Died a few years ago under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In my opinion, Trevor Moore is a top-5 comedic mind of the last 15 years.
He was well known for his music. Check out these videos to get a flair:
- "It's Time For Guillotines"
- "Kitty History"
- "The Ballad of Billy John"
- "Bullies"
- "Help Me"
Every one of these is brilliant, based, hilarious, moralistic, and even a few instances of "heartwarming". I dare you to watch "The Ballad of Billy John" without roaring in laughter and then ending with a tear in your eye. "Bullies" was written 10 years ago but was so prophetic as to defy belief that it even was allowed to be made.
TL;DR he said things people simply weren't allowed to say, then died under mysterious circumstances.
Yes, Trevor Moore was a unique talent, brave but also very very funny. My favorite bit of his is when he shared with us how he got his invite to the Illuminati. The very sharp-eyed will notice the establishing exterior shot indicates it's taking place at CAA HQ.
Bo Burnham is another one in this category, "Repeat Stuff" is brilliant [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt9c0UeYhFc], but he seems to be laying low since Trevor Moore was murdered/"fell off his balcony."
I also remember a very funny skit with either Moore or Burnham, about the assassin trying to kill Ronald Reagan and talking it through with George Bush on one of those massive old mobile phones. "Look, this isn't like JFK, it's different now!"
Thank you for your comment and extrapolating on Trevor Moore, a great comic.
Did you put together that right after Moore's death, his long-time partner Zach Cregger's career took off like a rocket? And, Cregger would often wear tshirts with satanic imagery on their webcasts prior to that.
I did not know that. Partly because I have no idea who Zach Cregger is. Which might belie your "career took off like a rocket" assertion, at least to normies in the sphere like me. Is Zach Cregger funny? Can you steer me to any of his best work, if such a thing exists?
In the Illuminati video you linked above, Cregger is the one sitting to Dave Foley's right. Cregger was one of Moore's roommates in college and was an original member of the Whitest Kids U'Know comedy troupe, of which Moore was the overwhelming talent and head writer. Their videos are all on Youtube and are absolutely worth watching. Some of the best ones:
- "Timmy Hot Dogs"
- "Sex Robot"
- "The Grapist"
- "Everest"
- "Slow Jerk" (this one made the rounds of every cubicle farm in America back in the early 2010's"
- "Genie"
The show went off the air in 2011, and the troupe members found what work they could, once again with Moore being the one with the most opportunity. But, right around the time of Moore's death, Cregger was given the green light to write and direct a feature horror movie, "Barbarian". This was WAY out of scope for what he had done previously, and now it has been announced that he is leading the "reboot" of the Resident Evil franchise.
In my opinion, it is a long, long way from minor sketch comedy to helming a well-known horror franchise.
OMG, I DO know who Cregger is. Just not by name. I've watched tons of TWKUK on YouTube, years later, I totally whiffed on their original appearances. BARBARIAN I think I heard was supposed to be pretty good, but I'm not sure there's ever been a good RESIDENT EVIL movie, so this guy's got his work cut out for him.
Certainly killing someone close to you garners big rewards in the dark occult world, or so I've heard. Maybe we should ask Lina Morgana what she thinks! O Wait.
I just watched "Repeat Stuff". Oh wow is that subversive! I think that certain stars witness what is going on and try to edge right up to it and tells us about it without saying too much. Burnham was on the edge with that one.
Louis CK is another one who maybe has tried to tell us at times, albeit in a much more circumspect manner. He was always a creep and a pervert but as long as he made them money, no one cared. But he started putting some pretty culturally subversive stuff out there, and all of a sudden everyone OMG'd about his normal Hollywood behavior.
I try to like Louis CK, watched his standup and that TV show, but he's just too much the self-hating white guy who wants to take the whole race down with him in his bottomless societal contempt because he's obviously a self-loathing narcissist. I note all the jokes he made about how much he loved jerking off played out in reality, and remind everyone that he used to also make a ton of jokes about pedophilia, too. That's all I've have to say about that.
I think this gets to the heart of what I mean though. I believe Louis CK was getting way too comfortable "hiding in plain sight" and so they jerked his chain hard to keep him in line.
Strong piece. But I have to disagree about his talent. My late sister convinced me that he really was just a very average actor. In the same way the media convinced millions that Michelle Obama and Babs Bush were beautiful “women”, so too, through massive amounts of fawning praise, propaganda and awards, the media convinced everyone that Hanks was a brilliant actor. They did the same with Johnny Depp IMO.
You are a harsh critic! I think he's quite good, though I can see how some people might feel he's a little hammy, like you can see the strings.
But IMHO an "average" actor is always kind of himself, and that doesn't mean he lacks that "je ne sais quoi" that makes somebody a Movie Star. John Wayne was an average actor but a big Movie Star. Keanu is an average actor but a big Movie Star. Ah-nuld was a less than average actor but a big Movie Star until he became the Governator.
But Hanx has played a bunch of different kinds of characters and I've found him convincing in all that I can recall. From BIG to PHILADELPHIA to FORREST GUMP to CHARLIE WILSON to BRIDGE OF SPIES....none of those guys are the same. But maybe you see through him more clearly than I do! He's obviously got at least a small part of me under his spell, because I find him both fascinating and repellent.
As for Johnny Depp, I would steer you to 2018's CITY OF LIES, about the Biggie Smalls murder and corrupt L.A. cops, then compare it to that first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie (the only good one) and SWEENEY TODD and CHOCOLAT and THE 9th GATE...Depp is remarkably versatile and gets under the skin of his characters, IMHO. I'm not sure he's proven he can play light comedy the way Hanx can; even his comedies, the humor is usually happening around him more than him being the source of it. But I think Depp, when he brings his "A" game, is one of the best film actors alive. I also think he's a blood-drinking vampire, but I could be wrong!
We certainly got scammed on Big Michelle Obama being "hot" instead of a dump truck, but did anybody ever think Babs "Crowley" Bush was even mildly attractive, much less beautiful? She looked like an aging cross-dressing grandpa from Day One. That whole bloodline needs to burn.
"... did anybody ever think Babs "Crowley" Bush was even mildly attractive, much less beautiful? She looked like an aging cross-dressing grandpa from Day One. ..."
There are many curious comparative pictures of Barbara Pierce Bush and Aleister Crowley, no question. And the dates of her frisky mom's time in the UK corresponds about right with Babs' birth.
That said, the initial conspiracy theory investigation into the Crowley/Pierce hookup was published on a fringe blog on April 1, April Fool's Day, originally. I don't completely dismiss it because that Bush bloodline is so damn Evil, but I'm dubious. Thank you for your comment!
Yes, not ironclad for sure. Definitely fun though. That side-by-side photo still brings a chuckle. 😄
In the Paul-is-Dead-or-Replaced forums, there is discussion there suggesting that the current replacement Paul 2.0/William Shepherd/Billy Shears now in the role of Paul McCartney 2.0 may possibly be the son of Aleister Crowley.
I do not have handy the page number to cite, but I'll just mention that in the McCartney-approved "historical fiction" book titled "The Memoirs of Billy Shears" there is included a brief apology for what ... I think the author wrote ... I'm paraphrasing here ~for "what my relatives did on September 11."~
^This^ apology in the "Memoirs" led to speculation that the current Paul McCartney 2.0 is implying that he is related to the Bush clan via Crowley, Barbrara Bush.
Interesting speculation, that's all. Wish I had the citation handy to share ...
I read the truncated version of MEMOIRS OF BILLY SHEARS. It feels like I missed a lot on the satanism front which is included in the full version but was ridiculously expensive.
There's SOMETHING weird going on with Macca, no question, and even The Beatles overall. But Fugazi McCartney...who also plays bass left-handed and proved a terrific songwriter...seems a stretch. I do expect that after Macca dies we'll finally learn that he and Lennon were gay lovers in their youth, and this is what initially brought them to Brian Epstein's attention. Just my opinion. Thank you for your comment!
I'd heard of the limousine tycoon Bill Fugazi before. But i had to look up 'Fugazi' used as an adjective:
"Fugazi (also spelled fugazy) is a slang term meaning "false, bogus, inauthentic." It can also mean "a counterfeit, sham; nonsense; an impostor." ... In this way, it can be used as an adjective ("He misled me with fugazi promises") or a noun ("The politician was a complete fugazi")."
Oh nice I will read that. Yeah, that movie pissed me off. A silly farce.Haha.
Charlie’s channel is Freaksense TV on Rumble. He’s achieved some renown for his story/video called Trump’s Takedown of the Cabal from A-Z. His expertise and focus is rock music. The guy def has received intel from somewhere, and is very educated in the gnostic mystery school teachings. There are agendas for sure, but he’s a fascinating storyteller…
I find that Hanks and Depp are largely wooden in their expressions and the movie magic of a great director and makeup artists can pick up the slack. For a good example of how this can work in reverse I point to the recent and highly praised The Beekeeper, which was horribly acted by actors that have put in strong performances in the past. What a shite movie, despite any revelation of the method it might contain.
But I’m not totally committed to the position that Depp and Hanks are crap actors. I’m not even convinced they’re crap people — we could’ve been lied to about that as well. Seems everything is a lie, and I do find Charlie Freak’s take on the Masons (as good guys in deep deep cover) compelling.
Just an observer here, who’s passed on the gmo popcorn. Would like to hear more of your thoughts on Q program — seems more about public awakening (successful) than pacification (debatable) to me… 🤔
I only know "Charlie Freak" from the Steely Dan album PRETZEL LOGIC. Can you steer me to the Charlie Freak you reference, writing about the Masons? As I've said before, I find the Mason ambiguous and inscrutable. The Freemason I know best is a really good guy. Thank you for your comment!
A good one Tom and you're a better man than me for being able to stomach all of this Ringwraith's films. I checked out after the barrage of Fed X advertising in Cast-a spell-away. Greek citizenship huh? Well I'm revoking mine tomorrow.
Ha! "The Greeks Don't Take No Freaks," so you might wanna hold on to your citizenship for a bit, see what happens. I usually like Hanx's movies, it's the cumulative effect of them over decades that starts to look unsettling. Thank you for your comment!
Don’t forget about That Thing You Do!, which is, I believe, a fictional version of the Beatles (roughly). Mind control, MK Ultra, etc. John Lennon and George Harrison were both murdered for trying to warn us about it.
But about Forrest Gump. It’s not about the title character. He’s just a placeholder (though his backstory is pretty creepy, like in Big). The movie is about the Baby Boomers. It’s basically them patting themselves on the back because they were a part of all of these awesome historical moments. What I find weird, and maybe troubling, is that they put Forrest in Alabama. George Wallace was their governor at that time. Innocent girls and other black people were being murdered. Just an odd place to put him, as opposed to someplace like Oklahoma. Unless the novel absolutely demanded it.
But yeah, Alabama and Mississippi are probably the 2 most backwards, at least according to stereotypes. But they sort of held up the state as not a bad place to live in the 50s and 60s. I would have stuck up for the blacks, or tried to, so, no thanks.
You should see it. It's a four-star film and will leave you with a big, happy smile on your face. The 149 minute Director's Cut is even better than the original 108 minute theatrical release. Thank you for your comments!
I've seen THAT THING YOU DO several times, including fairly recently when I discovered there's a much longer Director's Cut that is even better; I don't get the Mind Control/MK Ultra connection at all. Not for any of the characters. But I'll keep an open mind, especially considering Hanx is the driving creative force behind the film; can you give me some example from the movie that have led you to believe this?
I'd also say in relation to that film: The Wonders (the band in the movie) are far more a tribute to the "one hit wonders" of the mid-1960s who were all chasing the radio gold the Beatles were mining. The Wonders are a very all-American California band, like The Searchers or The Dovells IMHO.
I think Alabama is a good choice for the setting of FORREST GUMP, and not only because the source novel is placed there. Alabama is probably, to Hollywood at least, the dumbest, most redneck-y American state. Not saying I agree, just that I perceive The Town sees the state and its residents that way.
These are all interesting observations and I don't dismiss them, but I would like to see some concrete connections, even if circumstantial, to back them up. Thank you for your comment!
Excellent article, Tom. I definitely believe Hanks was chosen early on in his career to be a stooge for Hollywood. Most people think Hollywood is so messed up, so evil and corrupt, which I believe it is. You only need to remember who it’s run by to know why. In the one Hanks movie you didn’t see that’s based on the robot who wants a soul, he plays a Jewish man. Go figure.
Regarding Johnny Depp, definitely an excellent actor. You only need to refer to his role in “Donnie Brasco” to realize that.
I wonder how far we have to go back to find the real roots of Tom Hanks and "Hanx." Is he a stooge for Hollywood, or a stooge who became a King?
As I've said before, I don't buy the "Jews are the root of all Evil in the world." I believe there are multiple factions battling for control, including a Zionist branch, but that doesn't include all Jews by a long shot, any more than the Vatican branch includes all Catholics, or the Freemason branch includes all Freemasons, etc.
Depp is a Movie Star & great actor both, very rare. Not sure we've got one under 50 in Hollywood, though I daresay Timothéeeeeeee Chamoleeeeeeeet may be a contender, much as I hate saying it.
“As I've said before, I don't buy the "Jews are the root of all Evil in the world." I believe there are multiple factions battling for control, including a Zionist branch, but that doesn't include all Jews by a long shot, any more than the Vatican branch includes all Catholics, or the Freemason branch includes all Freemasons, etc.”
An actor under 50, my choice goes to James McAvoy.
I like McAvoy and agree he is a good actor, but no movie star. He can't "open" a movie; I daresay 75% of America or more has no idea who he is. Thank you for your comment!
I'm not sure I can fully agree with this, from Hanx as current King of Hollywood to the fact he was "chosen." I think it's more along the line of "Many are called, few are chosen." Both Toms you mention were among the many possible Hollywood stars "called" to star in lower budgeted films that the masses embraced.
It's a tricky thing; you see lots of "called" actors/actresses over the years who just don't resonate with the public and fade, either into character roles or TV supporting cast or simple obscurity. One glaring example right now is the repellant low I.Q. narcissist Rachel Zegler, whom Hollywood is attempting to force filmgoers to embrace but is crashing & burning badly. She got "called," but it looks like she ain't gonna be "chosen."
There is a "je ne sais quoi" thing going on here where the public is part of the equation. Hollywood has clearly been trying to take us out of that equation but they are obviously failing badly, the public's embrace of Timothéeeeeee Chamoleeeeeeet (called AND chosen) notwithstanding.
Great writing Tom, well done for laying that down. I remember watching Polar Express and being horrified by the image of Hanx behind the children with a menacing face as they plunged downwards on the train. It was so creepy and deliberate. There's so much to Hanx, good to see people begin to figure out he's not the Mr Nice Guy he hides behind. Did you notice his house didn't burn in the LA fires? Funny that. Here's something I wrote about him which might interest you: https://substack.com/@aislingoloughlin/p-143308828
Thanks for sharing that link. I read it. I was unfamiliar with the Hanx/Colbert exchange; weren't they all on David Geffen's yacht? I remember that gala get together, Springsteen swimming around in his tighty-whities and looking the elderly fool.
POLAR EXPRESS...freakin' washed up Robert Zemeckis again! Seems he and Hanx have got something goin' on. Zemeckis an Occult Auteur for sure, years ago. Now he's depleted and burning money.
Thank you for your comment!
Thanks for writing this! Tom “Hanx” creeped a lot of people out from his weird “one glove/one shoe found in the middle of abandoned roads” posts on social media. That all culminated in the death of Isaac Kappy who died (mysteriously) near where Tom hanks made a “abandoned shoe” post like a month previously. Super weird. And you didn’t even get into his son’s weird “Hanx” brand of “bespoke” handkerchiefs which all have strange symbolism, as well. Satan masquerades as an angel of light and the demons among us have acting careers.
Thanks, TOM SIEBERT.
Thank you for adding all that worthy perspective; I recommend the Substack shared by Irish lass Aisling O'Loughlin for more details: https://substack.com/@aislingoloughlin/p-143308828
While it would've been a worthy effort, this piece would've been twice as long (and it was too long already) if I'd started digging into Hanx's Ista & Xwitter collection of missing gloves, strange posts sexualizing little girls, and his unbalanced children's behaviors & business pursuits.
Isaac Kappy....frankly, I'm not entirely sure what to make of that guy, though I will note how he and Tracy Twyman died less than 2 months apart, which I doubt is any kind of coincidence. Certainly he made accusations about a lot of the usual suspects and a few unusual ones as well.
I will note that the former Editor-in-Chief of DIGIDAY, Brian Morrissey, used to likewise share photographs of missing gloves on his Xwitter account, just like Hanx, but he's deleted them all (along with all his posts comparing President Orange and his voters to Nazis...and there were A LOT). Just an observation. Thank you again for your comment!
Thanks, in my opinion, this is one of the best of your pieces. I like ones that weave Hollywood, film criticism, occult conspiracies, crazy coincidences and current events. Bravo.
Thank you so much!
Great stuff, Tom. I've despised Hanks since his ridiculous award winning role as "Forrest Gump." I have a niece with Down Syndrome. Hanks had no idea how to play someone who was cognitively challenged. "Life is like a bowl of cherries." And then he came out publicly and said Oswald acted alone. Lovely. He also seems to think he actually fought in WWII, and maybe went to the moon. I can never forget all the creepy photos he posted on Twitter of shoes he found on the side of highways. Why would there be so many shoes on the side of highways? Hanks seemed to always be finding them. I wrote about his laughable bout with "COVID" in "Masking the Truth," the most shadow banned book in the world. Thanks!
I do my best to separate the Art from the Artist, even if the Artist is a monster, best I can. I loved FORREST GUMP when I first saw it, and I daresay I've liked it the couple times I've seen it since, even though I know it is a very sinister film subtextually.
All the other stuff you recount is valid. Hanx is a monster, I don't doubt it. And yet. And yet....
Have you seen THAT THING YOU DO? If you can track down the Director's Cut (149 minutes), I can almost guarantee you'll love it (unless you simply can't get passed Hanx). I'm not sure how a monster could make that movie; it's full of love.
I will note that when it comes to Art/Artist, there are a few occasions where the hypocrisy gets so deep I can't get past it. Most notably Bruce Springsteen, one of the heroes of my Jersey youth and well into adulthood, who ultimately proved to be a total fraud. It breaks my heart that I can't even listen to his music anymore (with a couple exceptions).
Jason Isbell is another one. Amazing songwriter, I listened to him probably more than any other musical artist before the pandemic, when he became a total tool. When Van Morrison was fighting against lockdowns and mandatory vaxx, Isbell went on TV wearing a mask to sing "Into the Mystic" and mock Van the Man to the world. I haven't listened to one of his songs since. I hate him even more than Springsteen now and there are NO exceptions for him. Fuck. That. Guy.
But bands like Led Zep and the Stones, they never promised me they were anything they weren't. Even if they were/are terrible people I can still take their music to heart. They didn't lie to me, so I can still respect them.
Thank you for your comment, Don! I'm still making my way through AMERICAN MEMORY HOLE. Much like your excellent book ON BORROWED FAME, the tales you tell and the combinationn of fact, emotion & personal style that infuses your writing makes it disheartening going without occasional breaks. But I will finish it, just like ON BORROWED FAME, because it's great reporting and writing. Thanks for all your efforts, you are one of my favorite contemporary writers.
"Even if they were/are terrible people I can still take their music to heart. They didn't lie to me, so I can still respect them."
Thank you for this. It perfectly encapsulates what I struggle to verbalize when I have these types of discussions IRL.
I've never considered him a legit actor. He's only given the choicest, most actor-proof parts. These are movies that, if the actor doesn't get in the way of the story, they are seen as brilliant. Brando talked about these kinds of movies in his autobiography -- the audience identifies with the universal story or theme, sees themselves as the character (the universal hero, the underdog, etc.), and they do all the acting in their own heads, while attributing it to the person on the screen. Movies like this give the actor a "halo effect" and the media only ever fortifies the actor's greatness. It's all money and they're all in on it.
Interesting observation, and I appreciate the Brando citation as backup, even if I don't agree when it comes to Hanx. But maybe I will agree in a year's time or more. There are some actors/actresses whom I used to like but now "see through them" on screen, though it's an intangible feeling. Thank you for your comment!
Not sure what you can disagree with. Would you put Hanx in the same category as Gary Oldman and young De Niro? Hanx is a hack. I can explain the intangible, by the way, so feel free to ask about what I think you mean in regard to specific actors. I have some pat answers that will make you say, "Now that you mention it, you're right, that is some terrible acting."
Well, between the two guys you suggest, no. But you're namedropping the top actors of all time! But neither of them were actors AND movie stars, the way Hanx was for more than a decade. Neither have ever "opened" a movie. Despite my personal contempt for the guy, I honestly opine he's worn the All-American persona well; it's just the cumulative effect of his C.V. reveals a different picture.
I'm always happy to read your opinions if you feel like dropping them on specific actors, or anything for that matter.
Hanx is a manufactured movie star. "Opening movies" has no place in the original conversation, as my critique is only germane to his being an actual actor. His acting doesn't come from his soul. He's just an ape who copies human expressions, but he is never feeling anything. Nothing he does comes from his soul. He never says to himself, "I AM this character." I've actually been on set with him (The Terminal) and seen how he works... he might as well be breakdancing between takes on the most dramatic scenes. I don't think he ever had any real training (didn't care enough to), and the depth of his technique is making sure his face matches the lines he's saying. He couldn't improvise a fart at a bean-eating contest.
While Daniel Day Lewis is fun to watch, does all of the things mentioned above (which Hanx doesn't), I think he's more of a show pony nowadays. He's doing a lot of mugging, but because everything comes from his belief that he IS the character, he can sell it -- he can make a larger-than-life character seem real. However, if you met this character in real life, you'd be like, "Are you not feeling ok, or is this a hidden camera show?"
Gary Oldman can do the same, or he can reign it in, depending on the kind of film it is -- he can go HUGE, and he can go small -- but you still feel like if you met this character in real life, you wouldn't feel like you were being put on.
Hanx is just a sitcom actor they took and jammed into a Jimmy Stewart-esque role (because he would play ball), except Jimmy Stewart had real acting chops (he's not a "method" guy, but his natural instincts informed his own sort of method that worked well for him and the types of roles he took. I would rather watch Jimmy Stewart play this scene rather than Hanx because there is some real acting going on here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ggnZ-2Ns54
That IS great acting. But I think Hanx could pull that off, too, tho in a different way. Oldman is realm unto himself.
I had a friend who worked with Gary Oldman for a day on Sid and Nancy. Said he was the sweetest guy ever. That friend also had a female friend who had a roommate at the time by the name of Courtney Love. Courtney moved out one day while her roommate was at work... and stole all of the furniture.
Hmmm the movies are a stretch but I don’t doubt some of the insinuations…& I haven’t seen a hanks film since Capt Sully. My red flag was when he & Rita came out w/covid because at that point I was onto covid being a scam & them announcing it to the world made me feel they were dumb or part of the scam - either way I no longer looked to him as a legit good guy (& I had been on board w/him since bosom buddies!). I think his actions/expressions at the academy awards (or whatever awards show) sealed the deal that I did not like him & he was not what I believed. I think Ellen degenneres was the other actor I was fooled by. Their personas were so self deprecating & real. Good actors I guess
Yes, the Covid performance the same day W.H.O. declared global pandemic is a little too on the nose for the virus's mass media marketing snow job. That should've woken up a bunch of people.
Ellen Degeneres always struck me as a bit affected and insufferable, though I had no idea she was actually a monster. Never thought she was all that funny, or had screen presence, or seemed fully human, like she was always "on," always acting. Plus she had Anne Heche murdered, IMHO, so there's that. Thank you for your comment!
I thought it was bizarre that straight Anne Heche started dating Ellen. My recall of Ellen was from really early days on some show - can’t recall the name but she wasn’t out yet. After that I only saw glimpses of her which as we know small windows into “funny” people are good & large glimpses can turn you off. Hollywood is just so effed up - it’s really more about identifying the very few sane & assuming everyone else is off. I have been turned off by so many because of their comments & actions that I can’t watch their stuff anymore.
Yeah, the narrative on Anne Heche was that she was a nymphomaniac but straight, then suddenly she was hooking up with Ellen.
Then again, THE ADVOCATE magazine called them "the first gay supercouple," according to Wikipedia, so that may have been been tempting; for all we know, they may not have even had an intimate relationship and the whole thing was a grand Narrative scam.
Like so many actors & actresses, in her 2001 biography CALL ME CRAZY, Heche alleged extensive sexual abuse by her father. And that death was suspicious, to say the least. Ellen's career, already on the ropes, didn't survive it at least.
RIP ANNE HECHE..
Being curious about why his surname is spelled in this post both as H-a-n-x and H-a-n-k-s, I looked up the word "Hanx" -- spelled with the letter "X." What I learned was that "Hanx" is the name of Tom Hanks own brand of coffee, begun in 2022, with other Hanx products soon to follow. Some or all of the profits are [allegedly] donated by Mr. Hanky to help veterans and their families.
https://marketrealist.com/consumer/where-to-buy-tom-hanks-coffee-hanx/
P.S. I won't be a buyer of any of his products. It's hard to explain, but just the sight of him makes me slightly nauseous, and I must look away!
"Hanx" is how the actor refers to himself when signing his social media posts. Thank you for your comment!
Fascinating, Tom.
I don't think I've ever seen a Hanx movie except perhaps Splash!. Might have seen Gump but only on TV and I don't think all the way through. You ask, "Who is Hanx, really?" Until I was alerted, I had zero clue who he now seems to be, I just thought he seemed fake and that is why I've never been drawn to seeing any of his movies because my feeling was, He's Fake, Movie Fake.
Obviously, there's a lot of truth being told, predictive programming-wise, etc, in Hollywood movies but I don't think I've really missed out on anything. Firstly, predictive programming can be misleading because it generally presents some truth but mixed with lies and I see no reason not to simply wait for the "real" fake show. And then even without watching a movie you can tell from the synopsis it's some kind of predictive programming if you're clued in, eg, Contagion. I didn't watch it and had no clue that a pandemic was coming but I've seen people say they recognised what that film signified and I see no reason not to believe them.
Guess what? While Simon Shack et al worked out as long ago as 2009 that the footage of the destruction of the twin towers and WTC-7 was faked (the reality of controlled demolition would have been too obvious for one thing) and even the images of Ground Zero, I only really got onto it a couple of months ago.
First and foremost, 9/11 was a movie.
https://petraliverani.substack.com/p/911-the-movie
"It's all fake!" Orson Welles said, and he was a moviemaker's moviemaker. Way things are going, you may yet get the final word, Petra....thank you for your comment!
Man, I wish I knew that guy. He was so fun to listen to. Everyone called him a "genius" and he would just be self-deprecating. Another dude like that is Robert Mitchum. His interview with Dick Cavett is just fascinating, intelligent, and he's so funny. We need more guy like them these days.
Have you seen THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, Welles' final film? I was eagerly awaiting it for literally decades, when it finally landed on Netflix a couple years ago, I was hugely disappointed. Old man trying new tricks and it didn't work.
Robert Mitchum is one of my all-time favorite actors, and one of the two actors whom I can sell in B&W movies to my son, Bogart being the other. Those guys were ahead of their time.
Dick Cavett was great. Lots of old 60s/70s TV interviewers were so much better than what we get today, though I guess you could argue that type of conversation has now been adapted by podcasters. Everything old is new again! The more things change, the more they remain the same! Thank you for your comment!
I have no interest in seeing a movie that was never finished. It was most likely bad because of that, so you can't blame Orson. He could never get the money to finish shooting, so if he couldn't finish shooting, he never did the edit... and a film is made in the editing process. Kane is a masterpiece from a young wunderkind that exposed a little too much of the Banking Oligarchy/MSM Propaganda Complex... and they did everything to destroy him for the rest of his career. He still managed to put on a brave face, did the rounds, carried on, and was able to do what he loved without ending up on the streets. His perseverance boggles the mind. I still have yet to see The Trial, but I look forward to it, as I always thought Anthony Perkins was much more talented than he was given credit for. Ever see Pretty Poison? Perkins and Tuesday Weld are amazing in that! TW is another one who had advanced acting chops, but somehow isn't seen for that.
I agree that a fair critic can't fully judge OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND as Welles' completed film, but it is a competed film. That said, just by its of-its-time "hip" directing style, very dated now, you could tell he was emulating not innovating.
I haven't seen THE TRIAL since college; my memory is that it was a tightening screws bummer. The original 148 minute cut of MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS before RKO took the picture away from Welles while he was in Brazil shooting IT'S ALL TRUE, his aborted third film that suffered an even more dire fate than AMBERSONS.
I agree Anthony Perkins was a much better actor than given credit for. He was too indelible as Norman Bates, his career changed forever after that. His earlier films show a lot more variety. I remember, even more than PSYCHO, his even more dangerously insane sex freak serial killer who wielded a sharpened metallic vibrator, in that wild Ken Russell-takes-Brian de Palma to "11" thriller CRIMES OF PASSION. I also saw PRETTY POISON decades and decades ago; there is a cult of Tuesday Weld, I thought.
I love Ambersons. There's shots in that I've only ever seen in Orson's films.
I can't really say anything bad about the guy. He wasn't having the career he should have had because it was cursed by fascist oligarchs. They ruined everything he did and he kept on working in spite of them, without crying uncle, which is what they wanted.
I've been hearing that, recently, The Trial is being re-appraised as too far ahead of its time. Maybe watch it again?
I would put Perkins in the same league as John Hurt, only they were dealt much different cards.
Fun Question: How many people realize that John Hurt not only played Winston Smith in 1984, but figuratively played Big Brother in V for Vendetta?
Tuesday Weld has a few brief scenes with Duvall in Falling Down. In those short scenes, she is nothing but brilliant. That character is 100% real and there's nothing showy about it. That's the sweet spot.
Another actress who never really got the credit she deserved was Barbara Harris. She seemed to do more comedy, than drama, but she has this tiny little scene in Grosse Pointe Blank which is just perfection -- I can't see any acting, and it's 100% real and straight.
Am I the only mother nervously listening in on my little girl soaking up ‘Hi Neighbor’ , showcasing the ugliest (Lady Elaine) mutant cast of puppets playing out nebulous unthematic shows within a show? Hate to admit, but both Hanx and Mr. Roger’s creep me out in serious stay away from my little kids ways.
Vindicated, as of today, Tom!
I've always had a dark inkling about Fred Rogers, but nothing concrete. I'm probably just being too cynical, but anybody Hanx embodies at this point is suspect to me. What could be more esoterically "beyond good & evil" balanced than building up children's self-esteem in public while cutting them to pieces in private?
I don't actually think this was the case, but I don't entirely dismiss it, either. If nearly all media — and MR. ROGERS was government media, PBS — is Narrative Control, then Fred Rogers was a propaganda weapon on some level.
Moreover, if you thought Lady Elaine was gross, don't watch any of the modern animation from Disney+ or Nickelodeon! Thank you for your comment!
“No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. And charming a spell, and asking of a necromancer, and a wizard, and seeking to the dead.“
Deuteronomy 18:10-11
{satan the ‘clown of clowns’ + forrest dump}
Have any of Hanx kids died? They exhibit behaviors suggestive of abuse, but I don't think he's sacrificed any of them that I recall.
I personally think there are spiritual/immaterial beings all around us, of different moral stripes and motivations, just like human beings. Not sure we're supposed to ignore them so much as discern the Good from the Evil. Thank you for your comment!
A Trevor Moore reference! For those of your readers who are unfamiliar with Trevor Moore, he was one of the most based and underrated comedians I've ever come across. His journey through fame was compelling and interesting: the child of Christian folk singers but who had a very warped and dark sense of humor. Formed a comedy troupe in college that was picked up by a network. Did side gigs on Leno and other late night shows, and was a minor regular on various Comedy Central vehicles. Died a few years ago under somewhat mysterious circumstances. In my opinion, Trevor Moore is a top-5 comedic mind of the last 15 years.
He was well known for his music. Check out these videos to get a flair:
- "It's Time For Guillotines"
- "Kitty History"
- "The Ballad of Billy John"
- "Bullies"
- "Help Me"
Every one of these is brilliant, based, hilarious, moralistic, and even a few instances of "heartwarming". I dare you to watch "The Ballad of Billy John" without roaring in laughter and then ending with a tear in your eye. "Bullies" was written 10 years ago but was so prophetic as to defy belief that it even was allowed to be made.
TL;DR he said things people simply weren't allowed to say, then died under mysterious circumstances.
Yes, Trevor Moore was a unique talent, brave but also very very funny. My favorite bit of his is when he shared with us how he got his invite to the Illuminati. The very sharp-eyed will notice the establishing exterior shot indicates it's taking place at CAA HQ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_574Rxxez2c
Bo Burnham is another one in this category, "Repeat Stuff" is brilliant [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt9c0UeYhFc], but he seems to be laying low since Trevor Moore was murdered/"fell off his balcony."
I also remember a very funny skit with either Moore or Burnham, about the assassin trying to kill Ronald Reagan and talking it through with George Bush on one of those massive old mobile phones. "Look, this isn't like JFK, it's different now!"
Thank you for your comment and extrapolating on Trevor Moore, a great comic.
Did you put together that right after Moore's death, his long-time partner Zach Cregger's career took off like a rocket? And, Cregger would often wear tshirts with satanic imagery on their webcasts prior to that.
I did not know that. Partly because I have no idea who Zach Cregger is. Which might belie your "career took off like a rocket" assertion, at least to normies in the sphere like me. Is Zach Cregger funny? Can you steer me to any of his best work, if such a thing exists?
In the Illuminati video you linked above, Cregger is the one sitting to Dave Foley's right. Cregger was one of Moore's roommates in college and was an original member of the Whitest Kids U'Know comedy troupe, of which Moore was the overwhelming talent and head writer. Their videos are all on Youtube and are absolutely worth watching. Some of the best ones:
- "Timmy Hot Dogs"
- "Sex Robot"
- "The Grapist"
- "Everest"
- "Slow Jerk" (this one made the rounds of every cubicle farm in America back in the early 2010's"
- "Genie"
The show went off the air in 2011, and the troupe members found what work they could, once again with Moore being the one with the most opportunity. But, right around the time of Moore's death, Cregger was given the green light to write and direct a feature horror movie, "Barbarian". This was WAY out of scope for what he had done previously, and now it has been announced that he is leading the "reboot" of the Resident Evil franchise.
In my opinion, it is a long, long way from minor sketch comedy to helming a well-known horror franchise.
OMG, I DO know who Cregger is. Just not by name. I've watched tons of TWKUK on YouTube, years later, I totally whiffed on their original appearances. BARBARIAN I think I heard was supposed to be pretty good, but I'm not sure there's ever been a good RESIDENT EVIL movie, so this guy's got his work cut out for him.
Certainly killing someone close to you garners big rewards in the dark occult world, or so I've heard. Maybe we should ask Lina Morgana what she thinks! O Wait.
I just watched "Repeat Stuff". Oh wow is that subversive! I think that certain stars witness what is going on and try to edge right up to it and tells us about it without saying too much. Burnham was on the edge with that one.
Louis CK is another one who maybe has tried to tell us at times, albeit in a much more circumspect manner. He was always a creep and a pervert but as long as he made them money, no one cared. But he started putting some pretty culturally subversive stuff out there, and all of a sudden everyone OMG'd about his normal Hollywood behavior.
I'm sure there are many more we don't hear about.
I try to like Louis CK, watched his standup and that TV show, but he's just too much the self-hating white guy who wants to take the whole race down with him in his bottomless societal contempt because he's obviously a self-loathing narcissist. I note all the jokes he made about how much he loved jerking off played out in reality, and remind everyone that he used to also make a ton of jokes about pedophilia, too. That's all I've have to say about that.
I think this gets to the heart of what I mean though. I believe Louis CK was getting way too comfortable "hiding in plain sight" and so they jerked his chain hard to keep him in line.
Strong piece. But I have to disagree about his talent. My late sister convinced me that he really was just a very average actor. In the same way the media convinced millions that Michelle Obama and Babs Bush were beautiful “women”, so too, through massive amounts of fawning praise, propaganda and awards, the media convinced everyone that Hanks was a brilliant actor. They did the same with Johnny Depp IMO.
You are a harsh critic! I think he's quite good, though I can see how some people might feel he's a little hammy, like you can see the strings.
But IMHO an "average" actor is always kind of himself, and that doesn't mean he lacks that "je ne sais quoi" that makes somebody a Movie Star. John Wayne was an average actor but a big Movie Star. Keanu is an average actor but a big Movie Star. Ah-nuld was a less than average actor but a big Movie Star until he became the Governator.
But Hanx has played a bunch of different kinds of characters and I've found him convincing in all that I can recall. From BIG to PHILADELPHIA to FORREST GUMP to CHARLIE WILSON to BRIDGE OF SPIES....none of those guys are the same. But maybe you see through him more clearly than I do! He's obviously got at least a small part of me under his spell, because I find him both fascinating and repellent.
As for Johnny Depp, I would steer you to 2018's CITY OF LIES, about the Biggie Smalls murder and corrupt L.A. cops, then compare it to that first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movie (the only good one) and SWEENEY TODD and CHOCOLAT and THE 9th GATE...Depp is remarkably versatile and gets under the skin of his characters, IMHO. I'm not sure he's proven he can play light comedy the way Hanx can; even his comedies, the humor is usually happening around him more than him being the source of it. But I think Depp, when he brings his "A" game, is one of the best film actors alive. I also think he's a blood-drinking vampire, but I could be wrong!
We certainly got scammed on Big Michelle Obama being "hot" instead of a dump truck, but did anybody ever think Babs "Crowley" Bush was even mildly attractive, much less beautiful? She looked like an aging cross-dressing grandpa from Day One. That whole bloodline needs to burn.
Thank you for your clearly provocative comment!
"... did anybody ever think Babs "Crowley" Bush was even mildly attractive, much less beautiful? She looked like an aging cross-dressing grandpa from Day One. ..."
[2 photos of the resemblance]:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7c/e4/f3/7ce4f3ee245aab3986d4bee0ce1fb506.jpg
There are many curious comparative pictures of Barbara Pierce Bush and Aleister Crowley, no question. And the dates of her frisky mom's time in the UK corresponds about right with Babs' birth.
That said, the initial conspiracy theory investigation into the Crowley/Pierce hookup was published on a fringe blog on April 1, April Fool's Day, originally. I don't completely dismiss it because that Bush bloodline is so damn Evil, but I'm dubious. Thank you for your comment!
Yes, not ironclad for sure. Definitely fun though. That side-by-side photo still brings a chuckle. 😄
In the Paul-is-Dead-or-Replaced forums, there is discussion there suggesting that the current replacement Paul 2.0/William Shepherd/Billy Shears now in the role of Paul McCartney 2.0 may possibly be the son of Aleister Crowley.
I do not have handy the page number to cite, but I'll just mention that in the McCartney-approved "historical fiction" book titled "The Memoirs of Billy Shears" there is included a brief apology for what ... I think the author wrote ... I'm paraphrasing here ~for "what my relatives did on September 11."~
^This^ apology in the "Memoirs" led to speculation that the current Paul McCartney 2.0 is implying that he is related to the Bush clan via Crowley, Barbrara Bush.
Interesting speculation, that's all. Wish I had the citation handy to share ...
I read the truncated version of MEMOIRS OF BILLY SHEARS. It feels like I missed a lot on the satanism front which is included in the full version but was ridiculously expensive.
There's SOMETHING weird going on with Macca, no question, and even The Beatles overall. But Fugazi McCartney...who also plays bass left-handed and proved a terrific songwriter...seems a stretch. I do expect that after Macca dies we'll finally learn that he and Lennon were gay lovers in their youth, and this is what initially brought them to Brian Epstein's attention. Just my opinion. Thank you for your comment!
"... Fugazi McCartney ..."
I'd heard of the limousine tycoon Bill Fugazi before. But i had to look up 'Fugazi' used as an adjective:
"Fugazi (also spelled fugazy) is a slang term meaning "false, bogus, inauthentic." It can also mean "a counterfeit, sham; nonsense; an impostor." ... In this way, it can be used as an adjective ("He misled me with fugazi promises") or a noun ("The politician was a complete fugazi")."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/fugazi
So you think the replacement of Paul 1.0 "seems a stretch"?
Well worth watching here Macca admits he was asked to join the band *after* it was "already formed.":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9DqTdO8Po&t=37s
1m 22s [timestamped]
And, yes, agree that Macca is a talented musician, probably MORE talented than the first one. Fugazi McCartney can even write his own songs!
P.S. I'll entertain the hypothesis that Lennon might have been more in love with Paul 1.0 than vice-versa.
Thanks. Excellent article.
Oh nice I will read that. Yeah, that movie pissed me off. A silly farce.Haha.
Charlie’s channel is Freaksense TV on Rumble. He’s achieved some renown for his story/video called Trump’s Takedown of the Cabal from A-Z. His expertise and focus is rock music. The guy def has received intel from somewhere, and is very educated in the gnostic mystery school teachings. There are agendas for sure, but he’s a fascinating storyteller…
Thank you for the guidance to Freaksense TV. I've given them a follow on RUMBLE, will try to check out some stuff this weekend.
Haha thanks for the thoughtful response.
I find that Hanks and Depp are largely wooden in their expressions and the movie magic of a great director and makeup artists can pick up the slack. For a good example of how this can work in reverse I point to the recent and highly praised The Beekeeper, which was horribly acted by actors that have put in strong performances in the past. What a shite movie, despite any revelation of the method it might contain.
But I’m not totally committed to the position that Depp and Hanks are crap actors. I’m not even convinced they’re crap people — we could’ve been lied to about that as well. Seems everything is a lie, and I do find Charlie Freak’s take on the Masons (as good guys in deep deep cover) compelling.
Just an observer here, who’s passed on the gmo popcorn. Would like to hear more of your thoughts on Q program — seems more about public awakening (successful) than pacification (debatable) to me… 🤔
My god did I loath THE BEEKEEPER. The fact people praise it so highly I find inexplicable. I hated it so much I had to write about it: https://tomsiebert.substack.com/p/antiracist-gospel-male-and-pale-prevails
I only know "Charlie Freak" from the Steely Dan album PRETZEL LOGIC. Can you steer me to the Charlie Freak you reference, writing about the Masons? As I've said before, I find the Mason ambiguous and inscrutable. The Freemason I know best is a really good guy. Thank you for your comment!
A good one Tom and you're a better man than me for being able to stomach all of this Ringwraith's films. I checked out after the barrage of Fed X advertising in Cast-a spell-away. Greek citizenship huh? Well I'm revoking mine tomorrow.
Ha! "The Greeks Don't Take No Freaks," so you might wanna hold on to your citizenship for a bit, see what happens. I usually like Hanx's movies, it's the cumulative effect of them over decades that starts to look unsettling. Thank you for your comment!
let's ship hanx to SANTORINI ASAP...!
Don’t forget about That Thing You Do!, which is, I believe, a fictional version of the Beatles (roughly). Mind control, MK Ultra, etc. John Lennon and George Harrison were both murdered for trying to warn us about it.
But about Forrest Gump. It’s not about the title character. He’s just a placeholder (though his backstory is pretty creepy, like in Big). The movie is about the Baby Boomers. It’s basically them patting themselves on the back because they were a part of all of these awesome historical moments. What I find weird, and maybe troubling, is that they put Forrest in Alabama. George Wallace was their governor at that time. Innocent girls and other black people were being murdered. Just an odd place to put him, as opposed to someplace like Oklahoma. Unless the novel absolutely demanded it.
Plus he wants to move to Greece, or did.
But yeah, Alabama and Mississippi are probably the 2 most backwards, at least according to stereotypes. But they sort of held up the state as not a bad place to live in the 50s and 60s. I would have stuck up for the blacks, or tried to, so, no thanks.
I never saw it. My point is, it was very loosely based on the Beatles. The front part, the headlines. Not the behind scenes stuff.
You should see it. It's a four-star film and will leave you with a big, happy smile on your face. The 149 minute Director's Cut is even better than the original 108 minute theatrical release. Thank you for your comments!
I've seen THAT THING YOU DO several times, including fairly recently when I discovered there's a much longer Director's Cut that is even better; I don't get the Mind Control/MK Ultra connection at all. Not for any of the characters. But I'll keep an open mind, especially considering Hanx is the driving creative force behind the film; can you give me some example from the movie that have led you to believe this?
I'd also say in relation to that film: The Wonders (the band in the movie) are far more a tribute to the "one hit wonders" of the mid-1960s who were all chasing the radio gold the Beatles were mining. The Wonders are a very all-American California band, like The Searchers or The Dovells IMHO.
I think Alabama is a good choice for the setting of FORREST GUMP, and not only because the source novel is placed there. Alabama is probably, to Hollywood at least, the dumbest, most redneck-y American state. Not saying I agree, just that I perceive The Town sees the state and its residents that way.
These are all interesting observations and I don't dismiss them, but I would like to see some concrete connections, even if circumstantial, to back them up. Thank you for your comment!
Me 2. Back then. 2020, after the election into 2021.
Excellent article, Tom. I definitely believe Hanks was chosen early on in his career to be a stooge for Hollywood. Most people think Hollywood is so messed up, so evil and corrupt, which I believe it is. You only need to remember who it’s run by to know why. In the one Hanks movie you didn’t see that’s based on the robot who wants a soul, he plays a Jewish man. Go figure.
Regarding Johnny Depp, definitely an excellent actor. You only need to refer to his role in “Donnie Brasco” to realize that.
I wonder how far we have to go back to find the real roots of Tom Hanks and "Hanx." Is he a stooge for Hollywood, or a stooge who became a King?
As I've said before, I don't buy the "Jews are the root of all Evil in the world." I believe there are multiple factions battling for control, including a Zionist branch, but that doesn't include all Jews by a long shot, any more than the Vatican branch includes all Catholics, or the Freemason branch includes all Freemasons, etc.
Depp is a Movie Star & great actor both, very rare. Not sure we've got one under 50 in Hollywood, though I daresay Timothéeeeeeee Chamoleeeeeeeet may be a contender, much as I hate saying it.
I totally agree with this statement:
“As I've said before, I don't buy the "Jews are the root of all Evil in the world." I believe there are multiple factions battling for control, including a Zionist branch, but that doesn't include all Jews by a long shot, any more than the Vatican branch includes all Catholics, or the Freemason branch includes all Freemasons, etc.”
An actor under 50, my choice goes to James McAvoy.
I like McAvoy and agree he is a good actor, but no movie star. He can't "open" a movie; I daresay 75% of America or more has no idea who he is. Thank you for your comment!
Hanx is King of Hollywood because he was chosen to be, just like the other Hollywood star named Tom.
I'm not sure I can fully agree with this, from Hanx as current King of Hollywood to the fact he was "chosen." I think it's more along the line of "Many are called, few are chosen." Both Toms you mention were among the many possible Hollywood stars "called" to star in lower budgeted films that the masses embraced.
It's a tricky thing; you see lots of "called" actors/actresses over the years who just don't resonate with the public and fade, either into character roles or TV supporting cast or simple obscurity. One glaring example right now is the repellant low I.Q. narcissist Rachel Zegler, whom Hollywood is attempting to force filmgoers to embrace but is crashing & burning badly. She got "called," but it looks like she ain't gonna be "chosen."
There is a "je ne sais quoi" thing going on here where the public is part of the equation. Hollywood has clearly been trying to take us out of that equation but they are obviously failing badly, the public's embrace of Timothéeeeeee Chamoleeeeeeet (called AND chosen) notwithstanding.
Well said, Tom. I stand corrected.
Fantastic rundown of Hanks ('Hanx' represents who emerged from the Project Monarch chair), thanks Tom!
Ooooo. Good theory: "Hanx" is the split personality resultant from Monarch abuse! I can totally see that. Thank you for your comment!