Another BoM Musical Article

[ttribe]

Interesting cross-section of people quoted here...many of whom have been participants on this Board (or its predecessors) at one point or another: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/27/south-park-creators-mormon-musical-mormons-excited-suspicious/?test=faces

[Gervin]

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[ttribe]

This is amusing. Step off the high horse and get caught up on blaxploitation and jewsploitation films and the work of Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

You really think those are comparable to a mainstream Broadway play?

[frankenstein]

You really think those are comparable to a mainstream Broadway play?

i don't understand.

what does it take to get something one "broadway". My first guess is money, which the south park guys would have lots of. are you suggesting that someone on broadway is automatically of higher caliber than say "Last Dragon" or "Hebrew Hammer"

I partly agree is daniel peterson, I remember as a kid hearing mormons made fun on Cheers, most mention of "mormons" in tv show or movies is a jab.

[ttribe]

i don't understand.

what does it take to get something one "broadway". My first guess is money, which the south park guys would have lots of. are you suggesting that someone on broadway is automatically of higher caliber than say "Last Dragon" or "Hebrew Hammer"

On average, yes.

[Gervin]

You really think those are comparable to a mainstream Broadway play?

South Park skewers blacks, Christians, Jews, gays, and minorities on a regular basis. Mormons got, what, one show? South Park draws about 3 - 3.5 million viewers per episode (you can add dvd and internet viewing on top of that). The Eugene O'Neil theatre will hold about 1,065 people for the musical. Still feeling unjustly put upon?

[ttribe]

Still feeling unjustly put upon?

Did I say I was in the first place?

[Sky]

Good article.

What gets me is how any faithful Latter-day Saint would be comfortable with seeing this musical without the slightest reservation, considering that the Lord

[krose]

What gets me is how any faithful Latter-day Saint would be comfortable with seeing this musical without the slightest reservation, considering that the Lord

[nicolasconnault]

I realize it's off the topic, but could you explain to me 1) what the "Lord's name" is and 2) how someone on stage might take that name "in vain"? (Hint: it has nothing to do with cussing.)

At least one of the songs is ostentatiously blasphemous. The Lord's name could be any of the names used to refer to deity, and taking it in vain means to mention the name in an irreverent manner. This musical qualifies plentifully IMO.

[krose]

The Lord's name could be any of the names used to refer to deity, and taking it in vain means to mention the name in an irreverent manner.

It's a real stretch to consider a title a name, so unless someone is using an actual name it's an invalid criticism. Calling a person a "mother-[something or other]" does not impugn my specific mother, whereas using her name would.

Plus, I really doubt that "an irreverent manner" is what the authors of Exodus had in mind when coming up with the original taboo. It was probably much more likely to refer to invoking the mystical power of their god's secret name for selfish purposes.

[TAO]

It's a real stretch to consider a title a name, so unless someone is using an actual name it's an invalid criticism. Calling a person a "mother-[something or other]" does not impugn my specific mother, whereas using her name would.

Plus, I really doubt that "an irreverent manner" is what the authors of Exodus had in mind when coming up with the original taboo. It was probably much more likely to refer to invoking the mystical power of their god's secret name for selfish purposes.

hmmm... what about this... using words which cause you (or anybody else around you) to think about God in a disrespectful manner is taking the Lord's name in vain =).

Yah, it may not be based on Exodus, true, but it's what our modern-day-prophets tell us to do, that it is.