Rod Kimble as a Christ Figure

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2018)

First of all, this movie is one of my favorite comedies and is absolutely hilarious from start to finish.
I just finished a book which has changed the way I view movies and read literature through the eyes of an English professor. This movie was my first victim.
Does Rod Kimble represent a Christ Figure? Absolutely. And here's a list of everything I noticed throughout the film. Rod is in the right age bracket (around 23). He has disciples, 3 and then 4 of them. One of these disciples eventually betrays Rod (half brother) when he makes the film. He performs miracles (sort of...stunts). He runs off into the "wilderness" at one point of despair. He is constantly trying to live up to his father. He really has no father (dead dad). His love interest is a red head (Mary Magdalene). In the end he prepares to make the "ultimate sacrifice" for his father which ultimately inspires hope in all the crowd. To top that off he actually dies during the final stunt (lying in a spread eagle cross shape) and gets resurrected!! When he beats his dad up at the end he makes him tell us "you're a man" in the ultimate statement of is he a god or man.
Did the writer intend this? I dunno. Maybe. Wh cares? But it's there.
Go check it out. You'll never look at the Gospel of Hot Rod the same way again.