I think the Catholics would take exception to that claim.
Posted on 01/27/2011 7:35:02 PM PST by Alex Murphy
No one has seen Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s musical comedy “The Book of Mormon” yet. It doesn’t start previews on Broadway until the end of February. But early chatter from the Mormon community is already divided between those eager to see the show, and a more conservative group who views the play as another instance of persecution against their faith.
John Dehlin, 41, of Logan, Utah has already purchased his tickets to the Broadway musical and will be flying to New York with a group of 10 people (only one of whom isn’t Mormon) on March 25th.
He says he can’t wait.
“I’m super excited,” Dehlin, the founder of Mormon Stories podcasts, told FOX411. “I think this is our Mormon moment. The Jews had ‘Fiddler [on the Roof] ‘and the Catholics had ‘Sound of Music’ and now we have this.”
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Brigham Young professor Daniel Peterson began his thoughts on the play with an audible sigh.
“The general reaction is ‘sigh’, ‘more of this’,” Peterson, who teaches Islamic Studies and Arabic at the Mormon University in Utah told FOX411. “We’re sort of accustomed to being made to look like idiots or villains so it is nothing new. You wouldn’t do this to Jews, you wouldn’t do this to blacks, but we’re still legit to kick around.”
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“My feeling is it is better from our standpoint to be talked about than utterly ignored. I would rather be mocked because it gives me a chance to explain myself.”
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The plot of the musical focuses on two mismatched Mormon missionaries who are sent to Africa and learn the hard way that the world is a very different place outside of Utah.
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....“My feeling is it is better from our standpoint to be talked about than utterly ignored. I would rather be mocked because it gives me a chance to explain myself”....
....The plot of the musical focuses on two mismatched Mormon missionaries who are sent to Africa and learn the hard way that the world is a very different place outside of Utah.
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No one should expect this to be in any way flattering to the Mormon church. The only group they mock more fiercely are Scientologists.
I think the Catholics would take exception to that claim.
This will likely be bad for Romney. South Park wailed on Mormons.
..or the Jews, or Gingers, or Muslims, or Hippies, or Cthulhu cultists, or (fill in the blank).
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yah... that’s true... but they nailed the scientologists much worse. Epic slam.
And, rightfully so.
I would point out that, in my opinion as a South Park fan and a Christian, Matt and Trey don’t diretly mock christianity, so much as they mock the man-made institutions that have grown up around it. I can admire the history of the Catholic church, and at the same time find some things about it to be genuinely mockworthy. The Mormons were mockworthy from the minute that Joseph Smith first started channeling Moroni out of his hat.
We christians do some pretty funny stuff from time to time. Sometimes we deserve a little poke in the ribs.
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You could have easily posted the whole article. It’s not that long.
I am betting it will be a pretty worthless production. It is to be expected.
Actually, no I couldn't. Fox News articles must be excerpted when posted on FR.
I guess you ARE allowed to MINDREAD things OTHER than fellow FREEPERS. Did you use a HAT to come up with your opinion?
You are PATHETIC!
You; the famous List-O-Links® author; lecturing OTHERS on posting something OTHER than a link?
HAHAHAH!
We christians do some pretty funny stuff from time to time. Sometimes we deserve a little poke in the ribs.
Or a good kick in the, ahem, HAT!
You are PATHETIC!
That’s extra funny coming from you.
My link posts are in response to propaganda. The posts I start I post in their entirety within reason. All context included.
And; quite accurate.
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