  The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah  is the mock documentary story of a man who thinks he is a messiah. Not the messiah, but rather a local, regionally-selected messiah for his own hometown. He s on a quest, desperately trying to raise money for a town-wide rally where he hopes to announce his deity - and to determine his true, God-given  special purpose  in life. Which may or may not have something to do with ailments of the lower gastrointestinal tract, but he won t be sure until he hears more or less directly from God.