The Book of Mormon (theatre): Difference between revisions

A [[The Musical|Broadway musical]] by [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]] (of ''[[South Park]]'') and Robert Lopez (of ''[[Avenue Q]]'').

 

 

The musical pokes fun at organized religion, but in the end, the characters realize that their faith has inspired them to be better people and to help others. Even if they convey the Bible's stories in a wildly inaccurate way -- typically involving [[Lord of the Rings|Mordor]] and [[Star Wars|Boba Fett]] -- their honesty and optimism ends up convincing their Ugandan students to convert to Mormonism and try to make the world a better place.

The show won a huge number of [[Tony Awards]], including Best Musical.

 

 

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:: 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]].

* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: Subverted - Elder Cunningham can't find appropriate verses that condemn things like raping babies or genital mutilation, so he resorts to [[Ass Pull|making it up]].

* [[Ass Shove]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Elder Price}} in Act II. It's a bit of [[Mood Whiplash]] -- at first, it looks like General Butt-Fucking-Naked is going to kill or otherwise mutilate {{spoiler|Elder Price}}... and then we see him in the doctor's office, where an X-Ray shows that his own copy of the Book of Mormon's been shoved up there.

* [[Book Ends]]: The musical begins with missionaries knocking on doors. The ending number has the newly-converted Ugandans doing the same. {{spoiler|With the "Book of Arnold."}}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:

** "Baptize Me" includes a multitude of [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]]. Yes, a song about ''baptism'' turns it into a double entendre.

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: More specifically, raped baby comedy.

* [[Disney Princess]]: [[Word of God]] says that Nabulungi is a parody of these.

{{quote| '''Cunningham:''' You mean [[The Bible]] is a trilogy and the Book of Mormon is ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''? }}

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

** During "Hello", where at one point the singers go "So you won't burn in..." and another man belts out a "HeeeeeEEEEEEELL-OOOOOOOOOOOO!"

** In "Hasa Diga Eebowai", Mafala Hatimbi says, "Here's the butcher, he has AIDS, here's the teacher, she has AIDS, here's the doctor, he has AIDS, here's my daughter she has AAAAAAA......wonderful disposition!"

* [[Man Child]]: Elder Cunningham.

* [[Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number]]: "Man Up" becomes one about half way through.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Due to the show's nature as a parody, there are a lot of music shout-outs.

** "Joseph Smith American Moses" is likely an homage to "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" from ''[[The King and I]]''.

** "I Believe" has an opening that parodies "I Have Confidence" from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.

** A chunk of "All American Prophet" has Elder Price imitating Robert Preston's sing-talking from ''[[The Music Man]]'', while the rest of it is a shout-out to [[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]].

** Though a parody of the [["I Want" Song]] in general, "Sal Tlay Ka Siti" seems to specifically be a parody of "Somewhere That's Green" from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''.

** "Hasa Diga Eebowai" parodies "[[The Lion King|Hakuna Matata]]". Elder Cunningham asks the Ugandans, "Does it mean no worries for the rest of our days?"

** During "Making Things Up Again", [[The Lord of the Rings|hobbits, Mordor]], [[Star Wars|Yoda, and Boba Fett]] all are referenced.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The creators did their homework about Mormon theology.

* [[Skyward Scream]]: Subverted/parodied in "Joseph Smith American Moses" when Smith dies. {{spoiler|Brigham Young: "DESPERATION! MORTALITY! LOSS OF FAITH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHIIIIIIII... got the golden plates!"}}

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

{{quote| "Together, we're gonna bring lots of Africans to the church! And then my dad will finally feel proud of me, instead of just feeling stuck with me."}}

 

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