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rose_griffes) wrote2011-09-13 06:44 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2011-09-13 06:44 pm
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A very Mormon post (someone stop me now)
1. Apparently Messieurs Parker and Stone, creators of South Park and that 'Mormon' musical are going to make a movie out of that 'Mormon' musical.
I won't be seeing the movie for the same reasons I'm not going to see the play (minus the "It's in New York City!" reason). I'm annoyed in advance because I've read enough to know that Parker and Stone got some things wrong about my religion in their Broadway musical. (I've wasted enough time online correcting people's incorrect information about my religion in connection with the Twilight series, so having a whole new thing to inspire people to say ridiculous things about my church doesn't fill me* with joyful anticipation.)
At least I won't feel a weird obligation to correct the musical's misinformation about Uganda. Though I might do it anyway. Hm--suppose they'll try and fix any of that stuff for the big screen version? Or move the musical's location to a made-up African country for the same reason? How important is the Uganda location to the musical's content--anyone know?
2. Stephen Colbert makes me laugh. Have you seen his Yahweh or No way? segment on Mormons? No? Well, here it is.
(Context, for those who aren't familiar with Colbert: he plays the role of a conservative political pundit on his talk show. Yes, he's using his own name, but it's definitely a persona, not who he is.)
3. There's a connection between points one and two. I came across that video via this post about how flattering the videoclip was to my religion. And in the comments I saw this:
I like it when other people are able to state my vague impressions in a nicely concise manner. I've already mentioned that Parker and Stone's humor feels offensive to me, which is why I haven't watched much of their works. This gets to the heart of why their humor feels not just offensive but unfair at times (what little I've experienced)--because it doesn't even hit at what being LDS actually means to me on those occasions. Please be accurate when you mock my beliefs!
Hee!
*Of course it's all about meeeeeee. Duh.
I won't be seeing the movie for the same reasons I'm not going to see the play (minus the "It's in New York City!" reason). I'm annoyed in advance because I've read enough to know that Parker and Stone got some things wrong about my religion in their Broadway musical. (I've wasted enough time online correcting people's incorrect information about my religion in connection with the Twilight series, so having a whole new thing to inspire people to say ridiculous things about my church doesn't fill me* with joyful anticipation.)
At least I won't feel a weird obligation to correct the musical's misinformation about Uganda. Though I might do it anyway. Hm--suppose they'll try and fix any of that stuff for the big screen version? Or move the musical's location to a made-up African country for the same reason? How important is the Uganda location to the musical's content--anyone know?
2. Stephen Colbert makes me laugh. Have you seen his Yahweh or No way? segment on Mormons? No? Well, here it is.
(Context, for those who aren't familiar with Colbert: he plays the role of a conservative political pundit on his talk show. Yes, he's using his own name, but it's definitely a persona, not who he is.)
3. There's a connection between points one and two. I came across that video via this post about how flattering the videoclip was to my religion. And in the comments I saw this:
Colbert picked a core, mainstream Mormon belief and said “you can’t reasonably argue that this is weird, from the Christian perspective.” You would be hard pressed to find a Mormon who didn’t know about what Colbert said, and all mainstream folks believe it fervently. But the stuff BoMM highlighted is so obscure you could probably find tons of lifelong Mormons who haven’t even heard of it, much less believe it fervently. Also, the BoMM message wasn’t, “you can’t reasonably argue this is weird,” it was, “this is freaky as hell, but they are nice people.” (comment #19, and BoMM is an abbreviation for Book of Mormon Musical)
I like it when other people are able to state my vague impressions in a nicely concise manner. I've already mentioned that Parker and Stone's humor feels offensive to me, which is why I haven't watched much of their works. This gets to the heart of why their humor feels not just offensive but unfair at times (what little I've experienced)--because it doesn't even hit at what being LDS actually means to me on those occasions. Please be accurate when you mock my beliefs!
Hee!
*Of course it's all about meeeeeee. Duh.
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*pops in* It could easily be changed to a fictional African country (which I'm sure would've been a better idea in the first place).
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