‘Priscilla’ Rebukes Our Obsession with Charismatic Leaders | Sojourners

‘Priscilla’ Rebukes Our Obsession with Charismatic Leaders

Cailee Spaeny in ‘Priscilla’ (Sabrina Lantos / A24)

In Priscilla, which is based off Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, we don’t primarily see Elvis through the eyes of his manager or adoring fans, instead, we see him through the eyes of the only woman he ever married, who he began courting when he was 24 and she was 14.

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