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Celebration of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Likely Premature

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Celebration of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Likely Premature
Actor Tom Cruise arrives in a helicopter to the world premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" aboard the USS Midway in San Diego on May 4, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
James Breslo
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Conservative media are hailing the box office performance of “Top Gun: Maverick” as proof that the public is tired of woke movies. They report it may mark a return to movies we saw in the 1980s, when “woke” pertained only to sleep and it was OK to be proud to be an American.

James Breslo
James Breslo
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James Breslo is an attorney and host of the “Hidden Truth Show” podcast. He is a former partner at the international law firm Seyfarth Shaw and public company president. He has appeared numerous times as a legal expert on Fox News and CNN, and serves on the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 Public Diplomacy committee.
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