I neglected to post a media Item last week so this is my media contribution for this week. It is a short article coupled with a video discussing/reviewing the musical The Book of Mormon from the creators of South Park:
I have never been a South Park fan because I think the show exposes the depravity of North American culture. The writers not only satirize, trivialize, and profane every accepted social construction but they aggrandize the constructions that are not acceptable (e.g. murder). So, when I came across their new musical on USA Today’s Faith and Reason blog I already knew that I was not going to watch it. What I did not expect was that the writers wouldn’t be directly poking fun at Mormons even though I suspect that it will still be done furtively. I was further surprised by the comments of support from some of the Mormon reviewers even though I’m sure they are not representative of the believers as a whole. The blogger Cathy Grossman seems to believe that the musical doesn’t deviate far from South Park with her question: “Can your religion take a joke?” My answer to that is not all jokes are created equal and people have the tendency to display their true feelings in the guise of a joke. I just simply refuse to believe that the writers had any good intentions towards Mormons in creating the musical, and I doubt that this display of religion can edify even the most obtuse observer.
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