Movies
Related: About this forumMarjoe (1972) Fantastic documentary on fake evangelism
I saw this many years ago, but wanted to see it again after seeing some clips of Michael Flynn at the revival tours.
He blows the scam wide open. He's amazing.
https://tubitv.com/movies/312543/marjoe
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Lettuce Be
(2,338 posts)ms liberty
(8,752 posts)I was 12/13 years old. I'm southern. It was eye opening. Great movie.
jmbar2
(5,125 posts)We need some modern evangelicals to break out like this and expose the scam.
QED
(2,788 posts)and it was an eye opener. The friend I saw it with and I had a running "gag" whenever something good happened like a good grade on a test, etc. We were in high school.
We just sang "The Lord's been good to me tonight."
jmbar2
(5,125 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,833 posts)Child abuse and exploitation.
And the rubes ate it up.
jmbar2
(5,125 posts)he seems to have come out of it with a lot of insight and a conscience. I'm really glad he did this doc -- it was a good way for his to sever his reliance on the scam, and to redeem himself a bit for having been a part of it.