Has anyone seen or heard about The Book of Mormon show on Broadway. I just saw a report on TV about it and it is anti-religion. Now I want to see it. It is the hottest ticket on Broadway! I am amazed people are not boycotting this! I suppose it is because it is about Mormons mainly, but the writers of the show say it is actually anti-religion. Hope I can have a chance to see it someday.
Book Of Mormon On Broadway
Started by
sjessen
, Jun 10 2012 07:06 PM
9 replies to this topic
#1
sjessen
-
- Regular Member
-
- 396 posts
Skeptic
- Gender:Female
- Location:Midwest USA
- Interests:computers, graphic design, singing, learning
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :PanenDeist
Posted 10 June 2012 - 07:06 PM
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
~Maya Angelou
#2
Exevolt
-
- Regular Member
-
- 172 posts
Thinker
- Gender:Not Telling
- Location:High Point, North Carolina
- Interests:Xbox Gaming, Science, Documentaries, Learning, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Powermetal
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :Don't know, don't care
Posted 10 June 2012 - 08:29 PM
The writers of it made South Park I think.
“The hands that help are far better than the lips that pray.” -Robert Ingersoll
"Aliit ori'shya tal'din (Family is more than blood)" -Mandalorian Saying
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -Ghandi
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." -Spok
"Aliit ori'shya tal'din (Family is more than blood)" -Mandalorian Saying
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -Ghandi
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one." -Spok
#3
sjessen
-
- Regular Member
-
- 396 posts
Skeptic
- Gender:Female
- Location:Midwest USA
- Interests:computers, graphic design, singing, learning
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :PanenDeist
Posted 11 June 2012 - 09:33 AM
The writers of it made South Park I think.
Yes, they do.
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
~Maya Angelou
#4
stryper
-
- Regular Member
-
- 3,590 posts
You are choosing to read this.
- Gender:Male
- Location:st louis, mo
- Interests:video games, movies, poker, my kids
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :me
Posted 11 June 2012 - 10:11 AM
Yes. It is. But like all Parker and Stone's stuff, they are playing homage and mocking at the same time. Also their co-writer was co-wrote Avenue Q. So...
http://www.npr.org/2...-broadway-smash
According to the above interview, they were legitimately worried that church was going to say something. I think it was Stone that kept saying they'll be cool. The Mormon church came out with a statement basically saying. While The book of Mormon will entertain you for an evening, Jesus will for life or something.
I bought the soundtrack for my wife. Freaking Hilarious.
http://www.npr.org/2...-broadway-smash
According to the above interview, they were legitimately worried that church was going to say something. I think it was Stone that kept saying they'll be cool. The Mormon church came out with a statement basically saying. While The book of Mormon will entertain you for an evening, Jesus will for life or something.
I bought the soundtrack for my wife. Freaking Hilarious.
"It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs."
— Biff (Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal)
Faith is Silly. It is blind acceptance in things you have every right to question. -Michael
— Biff (Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal)
Faith is Silly. It is blind acceptance in things you have every right to question. -Michael
#5
TrailBlazer
-
- Regular Member
-
- 353 posts
Skeptic
- Gender:Female
- Location:Earth
- Interests:Art, Nature, Psychology, Running, Science
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :Love
Posted 11 June 2012 - 12:05 PM
Gotta love youtube!
**Edit: I do not own ANY of this material whatsoever, just fyi
Edited by TrailBlazer, 11 June 2012 - 12:06 PM.
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584...
#6
sjessen
-
- Regular Member
-
- 396 posts
Skeptic
- Gender:Female
- Location:Midwest USA
- Interests:computers, graphic design, singing, learning
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :PanenDeist
Posted 11 June 2012 - 05:44 PM
Yes. It is. But like all Parker and Stone's stuff, they are playing homage and mocking at the same time. ...
I bought the soundtrack for my wife. Freaking Hilarious.
Ah, they must do it in a way that doesn't cause people to be offended. I just recall how people shut me out when I put some irreverent things on Pinterest, so I was surprised this was so popular. I think I'll order that soundtrack!
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
~Maya Angelou
#7
AnnaNymity
-
- New Member
-
- 143 posts
Thinker
- Gender:Female
- Location:Northern Hemisphere
- Interests:reading, writing, music, meditation, perceptual reality, practicing random acts of kindness, irritating grumpy people with obnoxious levels of cheerfulness, staying alive as long as I can--despite my obvious decrepitude.
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :Pagan Buddhist Duelist Pantheist<-say THAT 3 times
Posted 16 June 2012 - 10:43 PM
My ex's boss, and one of my former doctors were both mormon bishops--and BOTH were nuttier than hell. I saw some promotional work that Parker and Stone did about a year or so ago about the play, and I would LOVE to see it! They do have tours, but I'm in the middle of nowhere. lol
They've got a little store, and some short info videos set up on their show's web site, and a short interview with John Stewart on the Daily show.
http://www.bookofmor....com/videos.php
The frigging doorbell that they have hooked up to the site just confused the HELL out of me. LOL
They've got a little store, and some short info videos set up on their show's web site, and a short interview with John Stewart on the Daily show.
http://www.bookofmor....com/videos.php
The frigging doorbell that they have hooked up to the site just confused the HELL out of me. LOL
================================================================================
"All right, then, I'll go to hell." Mark Twain
#8
RedStar
-
- New Member
-
- 291 posts
Strong Minded
- Gender:Female
- Location:Australia
- Interests:Motorcycles, snakes, researching... everything.
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :No
Posted 18 June 2012 - 12:43 AM
Could be interesting. I've always liked South Park's version of the book of moron... I mean Mormon. *Oops*
http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/smileys/mc-smiley.gif?1292867636
#9
NeverAgainV
-
- Regular Member
-
- 634 posts
only human
- Gender:Not Telling
- Location:Midwest
- Interests:Art, Movies & Music. NPR. 1970's & 80's. Comic books & graphic novels. Learning how cults manipulate & thought reform.
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :I hope there's more than this.. Agnostic or Deist
Posted 21 June 2012 - 07:48 PM
If that's true....I'm gonna LOVE it...The writers of it made South Park I think.
That plain little turtle below in the stack, That plain little turtle whose name was just Mack,
Decided he’d taken enough. And he had. And that plain little lad got a bit mad.
Dr. Seuss - Yertle the Turtle http://tossandripple.blogspot.com/2011/11/yertle-turtle-by-dr-suess.html
Decided he’d taken enough. And he had. And that plain little lad got a bit mad.
Dr. Seuss - Yertle the Turtle http://tossandripple.blogspot.com/2011/11/yertle-turtle-by-dr-suess.html
#10
antix
-
- Regular Member
-
- 461 posts
Skeptic
- Gender:Male
- Location:eastern oh
- Interests:Reading, travel
- Still have any Gods? If so, who or what? :Somthing, but no clue as to what.
Posted 27 June 2012 - 03:25 AM
There is a south park episode where they tear apart mormon belief. It is hilarious. I wish youtube would allow them but they get pulled due to copyright infringements.
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
