Amos and Andy and The Book of Mormon

The Washington Post - National ^ | June 15, 2011 | John Mark Reynolds

[Saundra Duffy]

The creators of the play Book of Mormon have created the Amos and Andy for the South Park set. We may laugh, but our grandchildren will shudder as decent folk do at “wits” of the last century whose favorite dance was to “jump Jim Crow.”

The parts of the Book of Mormon I have seen are as innovative as a Newsies revival and as funny as the cruel, tasteless jokes told by an inebriated coworker at a Christmas party. The difference is that the coworker might sober up in the morning, but the mindless mockery that also gave us South Park will continue.

After all, the theater establishment toasted the two with Tony’s and the insiders would never cheapen themselves by rewarding a play for picking on a minority religion loathed in the theater community or behave like decadent Romans horrified by a growing moral minority comforting the libertines by mocking the moral.

I cannot know for sure without seeing the entire play. If we assume the play a brilliant satire with PR unfortunate enough to release only the cruel and facile bits, then we are still left with two unfortunate truths about this play. First, the writers are cowards. They inflict pain and mockery on those already despised while going soft on the tired assumptions of their rich and powerful patrons. Second, in a pluralistic society they have targeted a group already misunderstood and discriminated against.

[Elsie]

They dismiss the scriptures to Love One Another,

MORMONism founders 'dismissed' the BIBLE (as well as the Book of MORMON) when they BOTH tell us to only have ONE wife.

[Elsie]

That statement is just delusional.

Don't blame Resty; as her steno typed it.

[Elsie]

give it a a rest you can try to call it what you want but all of the anti’s pass behavior speak loud and clear!

Aw...

You care SO much about OUR behavior; yet IGNORE historical FACTS about MORMONism>

You are such an UN-biased individual!

[Elsie]

The antis think they are but they don’t like decibels of the Lord Jesus Christ

[Elsie]

Resty; why did you just DISAPPEAR from this thread?

I hope you are ok!

[reaganaut]

I thought it might be interesting to read the comments from a REAL Christian for a change.

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It is. Shame you gave up on the REAL Christ for a counterfeit one.