What do you think of this as an idea for a play?

I'm sure there are many cults which get started with the leader less fanatical. Then as they develop more fandom and more pressure to provide 'answers', they start to believe their own hype. I reckon that's how scientology's gotten where it has; one loony man in the 60s who wrote some books, had some crazy ideas, but then people latched on and he started getting a little more loony. Rinse, repeat. It seems the bigger the fanclub and the more they believe, the more the leader is able to drive the belief. If you haven't, do check out cults at Wikipedia, there's a lot of good examples and stuff. For more of a 'debunk', there are also plenty of pro-science, pro-critical thinking blogs and sites out there. (Can't think of one specifically on cults, but you can always hunt around randi.org; I know there should be something there on scientology. If nothing else, it makes for a good read on how people come to believe things that aren't necessarily true or right) Puppets and patterns at Puppets in Melbourne