Episode 24

Episode 24: RAIN MAN

Published on: 6th April, 2022

Laddies and Gentlewomen, brace yourself for the origin story of Rain Man, a superhero with incredible powers of memory and calculation who saves Tom Cruise from himself. Or at least that’s what one of our lil’ Fogies thought the film was about as a child. We’ve revisited this as adults after decades of cultural evolution regarding the subject matter, and it’s surprisingly sensitive! Tom would be outed publicly as a Scientologist 2 years later, so no one got saved anyway.

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Old Fogies & Films
Distilling wisdom from the arts through diversity.
A kooky group of Gen Xers in their 40s discuss films. We're black, white, and Pakistani; gay and straight; men and women; Christian, Muslim, agnostic; with diverse professional and educational backgrounds and varied family and socioeconomic statuses.