The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for July 23, 2020
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Transcript:
Person on TV: ...You lookin' to find you a man?! Only god is gonna help you find a man! A man with paper! A man with benefits...only god is gonna get you into the club to meet that man! God's gonna put you on the list! ...God's gonna get you the money to pay for that gastric bypass surgery! Somebody holla! Other person: Yes, Lord! Black media study: day five...black TV ministries
In the quasi-documentary 70s movie, “Marjoe”, Marjoe Gortner, who had been “trained” (like a monkey, he said) to be an evangelical preacher at 14, “exposes” some of the more lamentable aspects of modern Christianity. He goes back on the road in his 20s and rouses believers everywhere using simple, well-worn phrases and gestures. Then, he goes back to the motel room and rolls in the cash collected.