Book of Mormon Musical Soundtrack

Seriously, they dont have anything better to do? Oh wait they created south park of course they dont. silly me.

 

Still its kinda like wtf was the point? Apart from associating the Mormon church with possibly the gayest thing possible, aside from maybe bringing Mardi Gras to Salt Lake.

But I guess once they have covered everything possible in their tv show a dozen times they may as well bring it all to theatre?

 

I want to see this play so badly. Mormonism is ridiculous, and having it made fun of in such a sophisticated way is really brilliant. Hasa Diga Eebowai is the only song I have listened to thus far, but it is really catchy and good. If I am lucky, I will get to go to New York to see the play this summer.

It is up for 14 Tony Awards, the most nominations of any production ever, I believe.

 

Honestly no. Ive listened to half of the soundtrack, its lame. South Park and greater truth? seriously. lolz. How high are you when you watch SP?

 

You can try to make it into something else if you wish but SP will always be pointless vulgar trash, to each thier own of course, and satire it may be but deep and of holding great truths it is not.

Whether there is really a point to "book of mormon" i dont really know, it certainly wasnt in the first 11 songs, but maybe they turn it around in the last 5? After listening to the song about fucking God in the c*nt etc, its hard to imagine there is anything of worth to gain out of this whole thing. That shit is just pathetic, the idea I have no real issue with go ahead mock religion and mock mormons w.e but whats actually come out of it is just sick, unorginial and not entertaining at all.

 

You know if you actually saw the show or looked into it you would see that it's actually somewhat pro faith in the end. Don't lay down such blanket statements on things you can't even bother to read up on.

and 'Hasa Diga Eebowai' while crude is a very accurate representation of how people watching everyone around them die would react. It's also supposed to be a parody of Hakuna Matata.

 

People should perhaps realize we may have Mormon members who could be offended by something like this. Just saying.

 

Except this show doesn't really berate Mormons. Aside from one song there is really no mocking of of the religion.

 

What part of this is pro faith? seriously and even if there was some semblance of "pro Faith" in this mess, is it really enough to counter the abundance of "anti"? and dont assume you know what i have or havent read or looked into about this play, just because I dont praise this musical doesnt mean im ill informed.

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lol sure it does, a lot of it is subtle but its there. Also doesnt really matter if its specificly mormon or not, the whole thing is disrespectful of religious beliefs and practices.

 

Actually no it's not

Spoiler

the show ends with the Uganadans making their own religion that they can adapt to their own lives because Mormonism is not quite applicaple to a place where people are you are raping babies, getting AIDS, and dying.

 

Actually yes it is. Did you not hear the parts about Joseph Smith having aids and raping babies\frogs or the song equating being baptized with loosing your virginity? not to mention everything else.

 

Wow, that sounds pretty funny. I might check it out.

 

yay lets blow everything out of proportion !!!! either you like it or you don't who gives fuck if someone has a diffrent idea , i mean come on do we REALLY need to learn the harms of trolling on a LGBT site ?

 

It was god who stopped JS from raping a baby in the made up story...
Joseph Smith American Moses: "Hi my name is Joseph Smith and I am going to fuck this baby" - god "joseph smith dont fuck a baby, ill get rid of your aids if you fuck this frog" (this was also said similarily in "Making things up again") and it continues on, yes maybe he didnt actually fuck the baby in the story but it was implied he would have. What were you saying about context and paying attention?

Its hard to take any of the possible slightly possitive parts of this play seriously when its all followed by more mocking.

Just because a few mormons find it amusing and unoffensive doesnt mean its not.

"There should be no need to invent things that do not happen to ridicule it" Your completely right and I havent needed to.

Firstly I dont believe ive abused anyone in this thread, especially not where its concerning SP. I have just stated my opinions of the show that is all.

But your right I do hate South Park. I havent said south park doesnt do any of those things, have I? All I've said was that I wouldnt associate "greater truths" with SP because you were saying it like its a holy grail for elitement or something which was highly comical. Yes SP "tackles" subjects most shows are too afriaid to explore but its usually only to incessantly mock the shit out of it in a unnecessarily obscene fashion until there is nothing left.

And me hating South Park, isnt why I dont like this play.

In your opinion, I am, I dont see it that way. I'm merely pointing out the fact that this show continuously demeans the mormon religion (which you may not see because of your opinions of mormons and their beliefs.), its hardly original or creative and in some parts beyond vulgar.

And yes I could force myself to see how it could contain a possitive message about faith but it would mean ignoring the majority of the play which would kinda defeat the purpose.

But honestly I should have known better to post in a thread on this forum with a negative view on something mocking religion, especially with you as the original poster.(now that's more like abuse ;]) shouldnt even have bothered with this reply but w.e im half asleep.