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A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses the 1998 film The Apostle, which represents the creative vision of one man, Robert Duvall, who wrote the screenplay, directed the movie, acted as producer and performed the starring role as protagonist Euliss “Sonny” Dewey. The film’s premise presents an intriguing question: Do the flaws of the human being professing a Christian message detract from the truth of that message? The movie answers with unequivocal “No, it does not,” as the film presents the good that Dewey accomplishes as something separate from the man himself. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the starring role as protagonist Euliss "Sonny" Dewey (Rabey, 1998). The films premise presents an intriguing question: Do the flaws of the human being professing a Christian message detract from
the truth of that message? The movie answers with unequivocal "No, it does not," as the film presents the good that Dewey accomplishes as something separate from the man
himself. Dewey is Pentecostal Texas preacher, who is stable in his faith, but "unstable in his moods" (Alleva, 1998 p. 16). While delivering his fundamentalist-Christian message to "white, black
and Hispanic congregations," he "bellows, sings, stomps, dances, claps, whirls, performs" (Alleva, 1998, p. 16). He has the "charisma of Mick Jagger and the raw-throat power of Joe Cocker," combined
with sexual posturing of "your average rock star" (Alleva, 1998, p. 16). Nevertheless, Dewey truly believes that he is quite literally bringing people to Christ and thereby allowing them to
enjoy salvation and eternal life. One critic sums up Dewey as a "frail, flawed figure who battles pride, lust, and a violent temper," which leads him to "murder and a
dramatic fall from grace" (Rabey, 1998, p. 57). Deweys world comes to an end when his wife, who is fed up with his persistent infidelity, takes a younger lover,
who is also a preacher, and conspires to have him evicted from his congregation (Alleva, 1998). Enraged, Sonny takes his sons baseball bat and crushes the skull of rival. From
that point onwards in the film, he is running from the law. He reinvents himself as the "Apostle" when he tries to reestablish his ministry in a small town in
Louisiana (Alleva, 1998). A theme that is predominant throughout the narrative is the way in which Sonny handles his powerful emotions. As one critic puts it, "His rage for
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