I didn't know this, but there is a popular play out there called "The Book Of Mormon" and has won some Tony awards.
From the Cincinnati.com: The national tour of Broadway mega-hit musical “The Book of Mormon,”
winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, will come to the
Aronoff Center as part of the 2013-2014 Fifth Third Bank Broadway in
Cincinnati season.
No dates are set for the show the New York
Times hailed as “the best musical of the century.” Leslie Broecker,
president, Broadway Across America Midwest said “Mormon” is one of the
most requested shows by Cincinnati subscribers. Broecker said it is too
early to speculate whether “Mormon” will have a standard two-week or an
extended engagement.
By the creators of animated TV satire “South
Park” Trey Parker and Matt Stone and “Sesame Street” sendup “Avenue Q”
co-creator Robert Lopez, “The Book of Mormon” is about a pair of naive
Mormon young missionaries in a war- and famine-ridden Ugandan village. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120923/ENT12/309230016/-Book-Mormon-coming?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
From CBS News: The play "The Book of Mormon," which opened on Broadway Thursday night,
has stirred up some controversy over its satirical approach to the
Church of Latter Day Saints.
Written by the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker,
"The Book of Mormon" examines blind belief in religion through a
constant back-and-forth between fantasy and reality.
Robert
Lopez, who is best known for writing the Broadway hit "Avenue Q,"
worked with Stone and Parker to create "The House of Mormon."
The
two main protagonists, played by Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, begin to
question their faith when they are faced with an almost
incomprehensible series of unfortunate events.
Despite controversy surrounding the arguably blasphemous content of the musical, Lopez asserts to CNN, "What's powerful is not a magical mythical corporeal thing called God," http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20047218-10391698.html
I might be wrong, but I haven't heard any Mormons rioting in the streets, attacking U.S. government agencies, killing ambassador and killing their countrymen, like another certain religion has done recently.
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To be fair, the Mormons DO have a very violent history, as do Christians. Neither is prone to violent overreaction at present, though there have been mosque burnings and other sorts of religious overreaction. As you know, I'm an atheist and find ALL religions (at best) silly and a waste of time. And I find ALL religious violence and basic unpleasantness ridiculous and uncalled for.
ReplyDeleteYES, every time violence erupts in the Muslim world over a perceived slight, it's wrong, reprehensible, unjustifiable, and ultimately hurts their cause. Proclaiming to be a "religion of peace" when erupting in murderous rage at the smallest provocation is the ultimate irony. But we know that. It's a point that really needs no further evidence. So, why do people keep provoking them on purpose? Isn't that a kind of evil too?