The Book of Mormon (theatre): Difference between revisions

** Granted, if the musical did follow all the rules of missionary life and stuck completely to Mormon doctrine, it [[Pragmatic Adaptation|would have had a completely different plot]].

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: During "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream":

'''Johnny Cochran''': I got OJ freed. }}

:: Elder Price then proceeds to claim he's [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|worse than all of the above for the thoughtless way he treated his mission brother]].

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream".

* [[Geeky Analogy]]: Elder Cunningham rationalizes concepts of [[The Book of Mormon (novel)|The Book of Mormon]] to himself and explains them to the Africans using ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' references.

* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Coffee, to Elder Price at least.

* [[Hakuna Matata]]: Played with twice. Most noticeably in 'Hasa Diga Eebowai' where the true meaning of the phrase subverts the normal optimism of the trope. The trope is then deconstructed in 'Turn It Off' where the missionaries sing about forgetting their problems, but instead of this being a sign of how care-free they are, it hints at [[Stepford Smiler]] tendencies as the Elders suppress their emotions through tap-dance.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: In-universe: "And if I want to get [to Paradise], I just have to follow that white boy!"

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Cunningham.

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Elder Price and Nabulungi.