Ah, yes, Elmer Gantry, that silver-tongued, self-indulgent, ruthless liar who conned all those followers.
Lancaster won the Oscar for that one in 1961.
But when Sinclair Lewis published the book in 1927, it was banned.
The book has been called “the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since the works of Voltaire.”
(I have not read Voltaire, but I read Elmer Gantry decades ago and just ordered it to read again — here in the 21st Century, with hypocrisy and conning still thriving — more than ever, in more ways, and with even more at stake.)
Anyway, thanks, Tal, I just checked and saw that the movie is streaming.
Boomer
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Pogo was right.
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