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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Marjoe is a 1972 documentary feature directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan.It is about Pentecostal preacher Marjoe Gortner. The beginning of the film recounts how Gortner began preaching at the age of four, pressed into service by his evangelist parents. When Gortner hit puberty and the novelty of a child preacher wore off, he quit preaching, only to return to evangelism as an adult. The documentary follows Gortner on an evangelism tour where he flies around the South, preaching the word of the Lord, laying on hands, speaking in tongues, the whole package.Those scenes are accompanied by interview segments in which Gortner explains to the film crew that he is a huckster and a con artist. He doesn't believe in God and never has; he was groomed to be a child preacher by his parents, as a publicity stunt. Gortner has returned to the life as an adult but, tormented by conscience, has decided to quit evangelism after one final tour. He describes the tactics he and other evangelists use to manipulate their audience and separate them from their money, and in one scene, he and another preacher are shown dividing the loot.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })After the release of this film Gortner left evangelism for good and became an actor, appearing on television and in B Movies like Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw and Starcrash. | |
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Blatant Lies: Gortner's whole preaching life, really. But in one scene, he tells the congregation how the Holy Ghost came to him in a dream when he was a child of four and inspired him to preach the Word. This is well after the part in the film where he explains in an interview how his parents trained him to be a child preacher, and beat him when he made mistakes in his lessons. | |
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Book Ends: A particular old film clip of Gortner as a boy delivering a sermon is one of the first scenes in the movie, and also the last. | |
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