Watched this documentary for the first time last night after coming across Marjoe's name. I was laughing at videos of Jimmy Swaggart on youtube and then decided to look into other cases of Exposed Evangelist's. Obviously in this case though, The exposed has exposed himself! I could tell within the first 5 minutes i was going to enjoy the documentary a great deal, especially an early scene of Marjoe "prepping" all the film crew in the hotel before hand.
Overall, the film flows nicely with shots back and forth of "The Preacher" Marjoe & "The Real" Marjoe. I feel I could have two views on Marjoe as a person really. 1 is that I see him as a kind of Michael Jackson-Esq figure who's had his childhood basically torn away from him and this life forced upon him by his parents and that he cant be held responsible for his actions. Or 2, a very friendly conman as obviously later on in life he went back to preaching as an Adult and that was his choice knowingly ripping people off and taking their money. But, on the other hand as well, I personally don't believe in Religion and If you're blatantly going to just believe that good things will be blessed onto you by God just 'coz you've thrown $20 in a bucket then i think you deserved to be ripped off!
Personally, The one and only let down in this documentary (and if included would have been 10/10) is the fact that you don't get to see the reactions of his parents after hes admitted he doesn't believe what he is preaching. They probably knew all along anyway but i think it would have just added to the film. I've tried finding out about the aftermath online and cant even find anything so maybe they just declined any interviews or their views on the matter. Either way, a really good doc worth checking out!
Overall, the film flows nicely with shots back and forth of "The Preacher" Marjoe & "The Real" Marjoe. I feel I could have two views on Marjoe as a person really. 1 is that I see him as a kind of Michael Jackson-Esq figure who's had his childhood basically torn away from him and this life forced upon him by his parents and that he cant be held responsible for his actions. Or 2, a very friendly conman as obviously later on in life he went back to preaching as an Adult and that was his choice knowingly ripping people off and taking their money. But, on the other hand as well, I personally don't believe in Religion and If you're blatantly going to just believe that good things will be blessed onto you by God just 'coz you've thrown $20 in a bucket then i think you deserved to be ripped off!
Personally, The one and only let down in this documentary (and if included would have been 10/10) is the fact that you don't get to see the reactions of his parents after hes admitted he doesn't believe what he is preaching. They probably knew all along anyway but i think it would have just added to the film. I've tried finding out about the aftermath online and cant even find anything so maybe they just declined any interviews or their views on the matter. Either way, a really good doc worth checking out!