More popular than Jesus in all of us." Adamant that he was not comparing himself with Christ, he tried to explain the decline of Christianity in the UK. Pressed for an apology by a reporter, he said: "if you want me to apologise, if that will make you happy, then OK, I'm sorry." Journalists gave a sympathetic response, and told Lennon that the Bible Belt were "quite notorious for their Christian attitude". When the tour began, it was marred by protests and disturbances. Telephone threats were received, and concerts were picketed by the Ku Klux Klan. "Daily Express" writer Robert Pitman, responding to the
Interview with the Assassin but said "it's too bad [Burger] didn't work harder at finding something more original with which to test his talent than the JFK assassination and the gimmick of the phony nonfiction film." "The Washington Post"'s Ann Hornaday wrote that the movie was filmed in "the deadpan mockumentary style familiar to fans of "This Is Spinal Tap" and "The Blair Witch Project". In fact, the stylistic conceit is by now so hackneyed that even the most impeccable execution isn't enough to make it compelling." David Wrone, author of "The Zapruder Film: Reframing JFK's Assassination", stated: "The facts in "Interview with the