Top Gun Maverick: How cinema became the military's key promotional tool
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With ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ arriving in cinemas, Joe Ellison explores the discreet emergence of state-sponsored messaging in everything from Russian epics and ‘Captain Marvel’ to the army ads that seem to always play before your film starts
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Marketing, Branding and Top Gun: Maverick
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Top Gun: Maverick Fan Reactions
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Fascinating Facts You Didn't Know About Top Gun
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Sailors and Marines Attend Premiere of Top Gun: Maverick, Norfolk Navy Flagship
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Top Gun: Maverick' is 'insidious' for portraying 'virtue' of US military: MSNBC editor
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5 Reasons 'Top Gun: Maverick' Became Tom Cruise's Most Successful Movie
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Sailors treated to advance screenings of “Top Gun: Maverick”, Norfolk Navy Flagship
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How Top Gun Maverick Works as Military Propaganda
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