"South Park" Creators are Producing a "Book of Mormon" Musical

[smac97]

Oh, goody:

South Park's Creators New Comedy-Musical: The Book of Mormon

by Adam Green | photographed by Annie Leibovitz

Like Scripture, show business often seems touched by the hand of Providence. A few years ago, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the gleefully subversive animated TV series South Park, went to see the cheeky, Tony-winning puppet musical Avenue Q. Over a drink afterward, Robert Lopez, one of the show

[Jason]

[MorningStar]

I don't think anyone likes shock value more than those guys.

[Mordecai]

Well, on the bright side, we can again prove that we're not extremists by not overreacting. We can have some carefully chosen words for these people and point out society's hypocrisy in singling out a cultural minority and trashing them, but we will, as always, be cool.

[Jaybear]

Well, on the bright side, we can again prove that we're not extremists by not overreacting. We can have some carefully chosen words for these people and point out society's hypocrisy in singling out a cultural minority and trashing them, but we will, as always, be cool.

Some of you will, some of you won't. You really shouldn't stereotype Mormons as if they thought and acted with one mind.

[Jason]

Some of you will, some of you won't. You really shouldn't stereotype Mormons as if they thought and acted with one mind.

Perhaps Mordecai was using the royal "we"?

[thesometimesaint]

I suggest the musical be given all the attention it deserves.

[Mordecai]

Some of you will, some of you won't. You really shouldn't stereotype Mormons as if they thought and acted with one mind.

99.9% of us will, so that constitutes "we." I know from experience, that Mormons are not going to freak out over free speech, unlike certain left-wing gay activist groups.

[Jaybear]

99.9% of us will, so that constitutes "we." I know from experience, that Mormons are not going to freak out over free speech, unlike certain left-wing gay activist groups.

You and I must live on different planets.

In the world I live in, the typical Mormon is as easily offended as the typical religious conservative. They are offended by crude language, nudity or statements which belittle Jesus, Joseph or their Church. In my planet, in the state of Utah, where mormons control the legislature, we had a law dubbed the "Zion Curtain" which was designed to keep alcohol from the sight of temple worthy patrons.

I also seem to recall a tastefully done temple scene in a Big Love episode causing quite a stir.

Do pigs have wings in your world?

[Mordecai]

In the world I live in, the typical Mormon is as easily offended as the typical religious conservative. They are offended by crude language, nudity or statements which belittle Jesus, Joseph or their Church. In my planet, in the state of Utah, where mormons control the legislature, we had a law dubbed the "Zion Curtain" which was designed to keep alcohol from the sight of temple worthy patrons.

I also seem to recall a tastefully done temple scene in a Big Love episode causing quite a stir.

Yes, and where is the part where they're shown to be extremists? None of this sounds like a big deal, even in the slightest. No screaming, threatening, intimidation, etc. On what planet is being offended by crude language make one an extremist? If the language is crude, doesn't that mean it's offensive, by definition? Seems like the rational thing to do is to find crude language... well... crude.

[TAO]

Yes, and where is the part where they're shown to be extremists? None of this sounds like a big deal, even in the slightest. No screaming, threatening, intimidation, etc. On what planet is being offended by crude language make one an extremist? If the language is crude, doesn't that mean it's offensive, by definition? Seems like the rational thing to do is to find crude language... well... crude.

Sometimes sound very much like your forum avatar... you do have a matter-of-fact way of stating things XD.

I wouldn't exactly put it at 99%... but I would say around 95% did not react publicly... many looked on it rather disgustedly privately, but that's a matter not being referred to here.

[nicolasconnault]

You and I must live on different planets.

In the world I live in, the typical Mormon is as easily offended as the typical religious conservative. They are offended by crude language, nudity or statements which belittle Jesus, Joseph or their Church. In my planet, in the state of Utah, where mormons control the legislature, we had a law dubbed the "Zion Curtain" which was designed to keep alcohol from the sight of temple worthy patrons.

I also seem to recall a tastefully done temple scene in a Big Love episode causing quite a stir.

Do pigs have wings in your world?

Ignoring the personal attacks (sigh...), I would kindly point out that Utah is not a planet. Therefore, your idea of the "typical Mormon" may (or may not) represent the typical Utah Mormon, but it certainly cannot possibly represent the typical Mormon as a whole, simply because you cannot have even the slightest clue of what such a stereotypical Mormon would be like unless you have travelled widely and met and lived with many thousands of Mormons from different cultures.

As I just wrote in another thread, generalisations are always weak arguments.

[Mordecai]

Ignoring the personal attacks (sigh...), I would kindly point out that Utah is not a planet. Therefore, your idea of the "typical Mormon" may (or may not) represent the typical Utah Mormon, but it certainly cannot possibly represent the typical Mormon as a whole, simply because you cannot have even the slightest clue of what such a stereotypical Mormon would be like unless you have travelled widely and met and lived with many thousands of Mormons from different cultures.

As I just wrote in another thread, generalisations are always weak arguments.

This is a very valid point, especially considering that there are far more Mormons in California than in Utah! I am one of them.