Hollywood must learn from Tom Cruise … or else

A special message from the set of #MissionImpossible @MissionFilm pic.twitter.com/sfnWWluLyl

— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) December 18, 2022

Cruise’s on-brand stunt comes at a fortuitous time for Hollywood.

The motion picture experience took a beating this year. Yes, movies like “Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” are crushing it at the box office, but many more films are getting ghosted by movie goers.

The recent weekend’s numbers proved “unprecedented,” according to IndieWire. And it could get worse before it gets better.

How many movie stars take the time to thank fans in such a colorful fashion? Cruise’s peers don’t have to leap from working airplanes to show their gratitude.

A few more “thank you” messages wouldn’t hurt, though.

And it might help if they stopped dividing the American public and remembered that even Red State audiences helped pave their way to stardom.

[The lessons of gratitude and humility are largely lost on the elite and privileged. — Ed]