REPOST: Why The Profit ROCKS!
Bob Minton
and I had and have complete confidence in him to put together a movie that
would portray the cult experience in a way that would help others understand
the evil and ruthlessness of cults. No doubt that Peter borrowed from his own
experience of twenty years in Scientology but the thing about cults is that
they are all the same -- evil, ruthless and out to take your money. I think
The Profit tells this story in a way that people can connect with. Sure, there
are a lot of unbelievable things in The Profit but I think you can ask any
former cult member and they will tell you that a lot of absurd and unbelievable
things that happened to them on their own roads to total freedom.
Eric Rath, who played L. Conrad Powers, is a great actor. He portrayed his
character as a charming conman with an evil streak that won't quit. That's what
makes a cult leader. Peter captured Eric's insanity in a most mezmerizing way
throughout the film and I am pleased to say that in a minor way I was the
recipent of Power's insanity in a cameo role as the VA Doctor. Who knows, I
could get some award for my level headed performance :-) But, an Oscar was not
my objective -- I was merely another character in the film about an important
subject in our country.
In 1860, Lincoln said the question was whether the nation could be half slave
or half free and in President Kennedy's debate with Nixox in 1960, Kennedy
wanted to know if the world would be half free or half slave. The world has
moved in the direction of freedom since that time, not slavery. However, there
are groups like the Moonies, the Children of God, the International Chuch of
Christ and Scientology who continue to seduce people into the most coercive
form of slavery. Peter Alexander is trying to warn people about the slave trade
in human minds that cults engage in, not in the nineteenth century but today in
the twenty-first century. It is a timely topic that many of our governments
ignore, but for all of us who care about freedom it is a matter to be concerned
about now.
The Profit is clearly not to everyone's liking and that's one aspect of freedom
-- to be able to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own
opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others to quote
my favorite cult. But, The Profit is important. It is important because it
touches on a subject most ignore. It is important because it is reality, no
matter how unbelievable it may seem. It is important because a lot of people
have been abandoned and sucked into the type of slavery that masquerades as
love but is in reality a hell on earth.
I like The Profit! I hope a lot of people get a chance to see it. The people on
ARS will all like it but there are not enough people on ARS to make the movie a
success. Let everybody know about it when it comes to a theatre near you.
Peter told his dad he wanted to do this type of movie and his dad told him to
follow his dream. Peter did just that and I am proud to be with him. I wish The
Profit and Courage Productions all the success in the world.
Bob Minton
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