Talk:Elmer Gantry

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There is also a singer named Elmer Gantry who performed with Alan Parsons on several albums. Should there be at least a stub for him?Mzmadmike 18:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Um, I'm too newbie to figure out the best way to do this, but the Aimee Semple McPherson article has a link contradicting the statement that Sharon Falconer is not based at least in part on her: [1] |publisher=Steamboats Are Ruining Everything|accessdate=2008-01-06|date=June 29, 2007|title=Notebook: Aimee Semple McPherson|author=Caleb Crain Johnpdeever (talk) 20:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The article actually states:

There is no record of the character of Elmer Gantry or any other characters as being fictionalizations of the careers of Billy Sunday or Aimee Semple McPherson.

This is fair enough - although many of us would have little doubt that they were at least in Lewis' mind! Billy Sunday himself evidently saw himself lampooned in the novel. But there is in fact no "record" of this, other than a commonsense reading of the novel and a knowledge of the careers of the people in question. This might even be a discreet "encyclopediac" way of pointing out the apparent connection without stating things that might be controversial, and can't be proved. Soundofmusicals (talk) 08:19, 11 May 2008 (UTC)