{"id":1884,"date":"2006-12-03T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T23:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1884"},"modified":"2021-01-06T01:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T08:37:33","slug":"marjoe-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1884","title":{"rendered":"Marjoe (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You go into it like a business and you treat it like a business.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Poster.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former child preacher (Marjoe Gortner) returns to the Revivalist circuit in order to expose the hypocrisy of money-grubbing evangelists.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christianity<\/li>\n<li>Con Artists<\/li>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Missionaries and Revivalists<\/li>\n<li>Religious Faith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis award-winning documentary-expose will inevitably cause you to cringe, for more reasons than one. While the blatant manipulation of Christians&#8217; faith for profit is undeniably disturbing, we&#8217;re by now overly familiar with, for instance, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker&#8217;s corrupt Praise the Lord ministry, among other notorious religious scams. Even more upsetting is watching the attention-seeking Marjoe blithely conning the entire religious community into thinking he still believes what he preaches; while this smooth-talking young man eerily lacks any kind of an overt grudge against his parents for what they put him through (he laughs good-naturedly when discussing his hellish childhood), he ultimately shows himself to be a not much better specimen of humanity, perpetuating the lies he once believed himself.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers Sarah Kernochan and Howard Smith do an admirable job capturing the fervent zeal of the Revival congregationalists: their cameras are so close-up at times &#8212; circling and whirling with the heaven-sent parishioners &#8212; that it&#8217;s easy to believe you&#8217;re right there with them. Yet I shudder to think about the resentment these naive folks must have felt when seeing themselves up on the big screen, clearly being manipulated from every side. It&#8217;s <em>this<\/em> element which makes <em>Marjoe<\/em> so much more disturbing to watch than, for instance, either <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=33325\"><em>The Miracle Woman<\/em> (1931)<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=55867\"><em>Elmer Gantry<\/em> (1960)<\/a>, two fictional films about the Revival racket; at least the extras in those movies were paid for their time, rather than being jilted out of both their money <em>and<\/em> their pride. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A fascinating glimpse &#8212; through historical footage &#8212; of three-year-old Marjoe&#8217;s proselytizing power<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Young-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A groundbreaking expose of the hypocrisy of Revivalism<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Money-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Marjoe-Faith-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While disturbing and over-long, this Oscar-winning film remains must-see viewing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0068924\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/72852.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You go into it like a business and you treat it like a business.&#8221; Synopsis: A former child preacher (Marjoe Gortner) returns to the Revivalist circuit in order to expose the hypocrisy of money-grubbing evangelists. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Christianity Con Artists Documentary Missionaries and Revivalists Religious Faith Review: This award-winning documentary-expose will inevitably cause you to cringe, for more reasons than one. While the blatant manipulation of Christians&#8217; faith for profit is undeniably disturbing, we&#8217;re by now overly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1884\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1884"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61924,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884\/revisions\/61924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}