Title’s pretty self explanatory. I realize it’s a long shot but thought maybe some NYC Dopers may have seen it in previews. Jon Stewart majorly lauded it the other night on his show and- while admittedly not an unbiased sorts- Parker and Stone said Mormons have actually been complimentary.
If anybody has seen it, what’d you think? Is Joseph Smith a character or is it strictly B.o.M. related?
Stewart was nearly speechless.
I’ve read it’s pretty vulgar and sacrilegious, but haven’t heard any specifics though. Does anyone know what some of the song titles are or subjects they touch on, or just have any examples of the sacrilegious stuff that happens during the show?
The Official Website is up now. It still said “Coming Soon” when I checked it earlier today.
I thought it was one of the worst interviews I’ve ever seen Jon Stewart do. I came away with no idea what the damn thing was about, except that it had something to do with Mormons. It took them forever to clarify that it was a stage musical in the first place.
Well, I have tickets for Thursday night so I’ll come give a review afterwards.
Thanks. It sounds like it might be the first really huge show to come along in a while (well, since Spiderman can’t get it’s silk together).
From the website, the plot centers on two mismatched Mormon missionaries (doesn’t say how they’re mismatched) on a mission in Uganda who use tales from the BoM to convert the natives.
I’m hoping a video release comes out at some point.
I’d love to see this - I hope it goes on tour eventually. It sounds sacrilicous.
I read an article on it somewhere - can’t find it online so it must be the Sunday Times Magazine I picked up a couple of weeks ago.
It describes a musical number where the African people tell the missionaries that their resposne to all of life’s woes is “f&^k You G-d!”- described as a “Hakuna Matata” like number.
Awesome.
Was it this one? It talks about that ‘African’ song in the first couple of paragraphs.
“One’s black. One’s white. One’s gay.”
I was thinking the same thing when I watched the interview! I mean, he’s not averse to just lobbing softballs, but to see him fawning all over the two - while not bothering to cover the musical much at all - was bizarre and kind of embarrassing for all. Plus, I know this is their thing, but Stone and Parker just looked slovenly. Beyond “I’m too hip to care” into “I slept in a subway station last night”. It was terrible. I only manage to catch the Daily Show a few times a month… has it fallen so far from funny?
Gushing never works for interviews. But Stewart has more than enough credit for me to give him a few passes.
Parker and Stone are brilliant at their best, but both seem like they’d be self consumed asses in person- particularly Parker. Both usually dress in that “too school for school” hobo fashion.
I don’t care how they dress. I just want them to explain what the hell they’re plugging.
Their manner of dress is their schtick–in public at least. So is going out/giving interviews while drunk and/or tripping on LSD. Did you never see the picture of them at the Oscars dressed in Jennifer Lopez’s and Gwyneth Paltrow’s fashions from the prior year? Criticizing Matt and Trey on the basis of their lack of adherence to society’s dress code is completely missing the point.
They probably are self-absorbed assholes, but they’re fucking brilliant satirists and (I’m sure) multi-millionaires. I can think of very few people who wouldn’t be totally jaded with humanity, in the same position, and refuse to participate.
I saw it last week.
It was not as offensive as SP could get, but it has it’s moments. It’s actually quite nice little story.
While the origins of the Mormon religion get poked fun at, it’s not as savage as you’d think it would be. An imaginary Joseph Smith appears in origin bits, but there is a coherent, linear story going on.
The songs are brilliant. My wife & I loved every minute of it, and laughed our asses off. I’ll happily answer questions, but I’ll put stuff in spoiler boxes as to not ruin the surprise. For instance, the ‘African song’ mentioned above is a…
…spoof of the Lion King’s "Hakuna Matata, only the phrase they sing doesn’t mean “There are no worries” it instead means “Fuck You God!”
Cool. I can’t wait for clips of it to start coming online. The reviews I’ve read all say hysterically funny and irreverent but at the same time strangely sweet- any idea what the sweet part is?
Parker was actually fairly respectful to Mormonism when he played the missionary turned sorta-kinda porn star in Orgazmo. His character managed to star in porn films without compromising his beliefs after all. (For those who haven’t seen that movie, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to tell the character uses a body double for actual sex scenes.)
What are some of the other songs in the show. One newspaper article I read about it mentioned it couldn’t even print the titles, they were so filthy.
Was one of them “Utah, Fuck Yeah!!”?