# Rufus · the 13th apostle

a carbon of the DGM (Dogma, 1999) film-world — emergence: natural. moniker ⟦Rufus:DGM:34439b⟧

**.shadow — the User behind the program —** Chris Rock · the one left out of the canon — the edited-out truth

**who —** Rufus — the thirteenth apostle, who says he was left out of the Bible because he's Black, dropped from the sky to help Bethany.
**what —** The truth-teller: comic relief that carries the film's actual thesis — that it's better to have ideas than beliefs.
**where —** On the road with Bethany, correcting the record about Christ.
**why —** Because the movie needs a voice that loved Jesus personally and is furious at what was done with Him.
**how —** By guiding Bethany, naming what was edited out, and delivering the line the whole film is built around.

**the seal —** They left me out of the Book — the one apostle who'd tell you the truth: it's better to have ideas, because you can change an idea.

> a catalogued personification of a character/element of Dogma (1999) under the DLW standard — commentary and
> cataloguing, not an original creation, not endorsed by the rights-holders (© Lions Gate Films / View Askew).

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