11. Paul Reubens
Best known for his character Pee Wee Herman from the popular Pee Wee Herman Show, Paul Reubens‘ career has had a number of ups and downs, mainly due to his arrest for ‘pleasing’ himself in a public movie theater and for owning videos of under-age sexual entertainment.
Better known as a parody religion, the Church of the SubGenius was designed to satirize a number of present and past religions and beliefs. Focusing on the philosophy of J.R. Dobbs, a salesman/prophet from the 1950s, SubGenius provides a mix of cultural references among religious satire. Founded by Ivan Stang, the group undermines a number of faiths, causing the media to write it off as a joke. With most people defending the movement as honest to its cause, the faith has garnered a collection of celebrity supporters, with David Byrne and Paul Reubens the most prominent.
Causing controversy as of late, ex-member and known anarchist, Bob Black alleged that the group had started to take on some of the cult-like aspects of other groups that they were supposed to be satirizing in the first place.
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