Past Run
Jr. "Bob" Dobbs & the Church of the Subgenius
What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos in Ft. Worth, Texas soon becomes much more than they bargained for. Frustrated by the rising consumer-driven culture, out of work pals Douglass St. Clair Smith and Steve Wilcox decide to turn their conservative southern ideology on its head and invent a new religion all their own. Spurred on by the overreach of religion and zealous televangelists of the day, the pair concoct religious monikers (Reverend Ivan Stang and Dr. Philo Drummond), a newly minted prophet (J.R. "Bob" Dobbs), and devise a crusade to expose the conspiracy of normalcy by using humor as the ultimate weapon.

“Not only a colorful piece of weird-Texas history but a surprising commentary on the current state of the world.”
— John Defore, Hollywood Reporter
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 1 engagement
- Virtual CinemaFri, Oct 2 – Thu, Oct 8, 2020 · 1 week
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