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2023 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- Round 1

Lonesome Rhodes

Contest: 2023 Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- Round 1
Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" was certainly ahead of its time in showing how a charismatic speaker could use the medium of radio and later television to achieve certain cult status in the United States.

In his film, Kazan tapped a then relative newcomer in Andy Griffith who played an Arkansas drifter who was plucked from a county jail by a radio station who thought his humor and folksy demeanor would make him a hit. It did, and his combination of spoken word and down-home songs make him not just a star but a cult figure. I don't think we are giving much away by saying you know what usually happens to cult figures.
TV Show/Movie Appeared: A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Actors: Andy Griffith
Songs you may remember: None
Why you should vote:: This portrayal was scary good.
Why you should not vote:: Matlock should not be acting this way!