Flannery O'Connor might like the 'grotesque'

Tho this movie is probably a Democratic fundraising tool (with the large crowd scenes in one auditorium and in some pro life rallies shot in Nazi "Triumph of the Will" Riefenstahl style), and tho its editing template appears to be the most bizarre examples of the "extremist religious Southern types", there are moments of probably unintended beauty amongst what is shown as grotesque.

Thus, Flannery O'Connor, who could see grace amongst the grotesque might have enjoyed the scenes where the wrestler shares how he stages wrestling events to draw kids to God; the "GOD" messages of advertising billboards shown, and (my personal favorite) a message about Jesus attached to a washing machine. (Undoubtedly the parallel is- Jesus can wash you clean - (of your sins).

O'Connor (a great writer you should read) might also understand the convergence of grace and grossness - in soon fallen Ted Haggard.

LARGE large heads of the believers- Camera angle is shot slightly below with maybe a widening lens??? One child's head (as he tells of his beliefs) is shot so wide that (on the TV screen) it fills all but afew inches on either side.

Flannery O'Connor, a fellow believer in the Jewish Carpenter who (indeed) can wash us clean, would not be fooled by this incomplete tale. She would note that - even for the fallen Ted Haggard - the grace is larger than the grotesque.