A couple of Book of Mormon questions

[Erdosain]

@Annie-Xmas

A quick wiki search shows the only non-American production has been the British show. I wonder why more foreign venues haven’t done it?

Are comedic Broadway shows regularly translated into foreign languages? Seems like just about everything would be lost in translation.

Plus, Die Schpookiemormanheil is already a word in German. It means “the.”

[Fiveroptic]

Last night fellow Doper, Queen Tonya, my wife, and I saw BoM! at the Michigan Opera House in Detroit. I’ve had the soundtrack since it came out but the actual show surpassed my (already high) expectations. What a fanfuckingtastic show! This was the first time we’ve actually been able to get tickets.

Seriously, I was so blown away that I’m still grinning like an idiot.

[Katriona]

@monstro

I’ve listened to the soundtrack a few bazillion times now. I’m ready to see it.

Same here. It’s not getting to KC for another 7-8 months, and I’m dying!

[FlyingRat]

We saw this last weekend on Broadway. Nosebleed seats cost about $170, but I’ve also heard that it’s much less expensive in some venues (as others in this thread have pointed out).

My reaction was pretty much identical to Uncle Jocko’s (below), and I found it very uplifting in some ways.

@Uncle_Jocko

Personally, I found the show very cleverly written, with catchy songs and funny lines. Some of the stuff that would seem juvenile and puerile on South Park (the General’s name, for example) somehow was much funnier onstage. It does poke fun at Mormon beliefs (the entirety of “I Believe,” for example), but it also shows how faith can save, faith can be a good thing. Elder Cunningham’s “Mormonism” ain’t exactly what’s in the book, but by Kolob it works for the Ugandans. In that way, I find parallels to Kevin Smith’s Dogma - Christians attacked it for being blasphemous and anti-religion, but if you paid attention it was a celebration of faith and God. It was also a scorching indictment of organized religion, but Smith was pointing out the difference.

(Still kicking myself for not having bought a Magical Butt Frog as a souvenir, though. :D)

[Erdosain]

@FlyingRat

(Still kicking myself for not having bought a Magical Butt Frog as a souvenir, though. :D)

Whoa, they sell Magic Fuck Frogs? That’s my Christmas shopping sorted.

[Infovore]

@Erdosain

Whoa, they sell Magic Fuck Frogs? That’s my Christmas shopping sorted.

Yeah, I kind of regret not buying one too, though I recall they were really pricey.

[Erdosain]

@Infovore

Yeah, I kind of regret not buying one too, though I recall they were really pricey.

$25.

http://www.bookofmormonbroadwaystore.com/plush-frog.html

$20 for the Christmas ornament version wearing a Santa hat.

[you_with_the_face]

@Infovore

Yes, that’s very much true of the show. As somebody mentioned upthread, I too found it to be similiar in some ways to “Dogma.” A lot of people tend to get hung up in the profanity and “sacrilege” and completely miss the point of both works.

To be fair, religious people typically don’t view their faith as a narcotic to dull the pain of their otherwise purposeless existence. They believe because their religion represents the truth to them. BoM pretty much calls religion a comforting, hope-giving lie, and it makes perfect sense that this would offend a devout person. Dogma at least was premised on the religion being true.

I’ve seen BoM twice. Best musical ever.