{"id":21985,"date":"2011-03-25T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=21985"},"modified":"2011-03-25T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T00:00:50","slug":"quote-of-the-day-the-book-of-mormon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2011\/03\/25\/quote-of-the-day-the-book-of-mormon\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day: &#8220;The Book of Mormon&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWkiWtqgOWc&amp;feature=fvst\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWkiWtqgOWc&amp;feature=fvst<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A reminder that Parker and Stone are also brilliant writers of catchy satirical songs: &#8220;It&#8217;s Easy, M&#8217;Kay,&#8221; from <\/em>Bigger, Longer and Uncut<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;All religions constitute an intellectual handicap; the <\/em><em>worth<\/em><em> of a religion depends on the intellectual honesty it permits. It&#8217;s silly to respect all religions: Anglo-Israelitism, for example, is pure shit, and cannot be accepted without destroying one&#8217;s whole sense of reality. The Mormons, the Christian Scientists, the fundamentalists, increase the handicap by crippling the brain. Some handicap, probably, one must have: to accept a crippling one. . .is neurotic.&#8221; <\/em>(Denham, <em>Northrop\u00a0Frye Unbuttoned<\/em>, 146-7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2011\/03\/the-triumph-of-the-book-of-mormon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Sullivan&#8217;s review<\/a> of the premier of Trey Parker and Matt Stone&#8217;s new Broadway musical, <em>The Book of Mormon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That is not so say that Matt and Trey are proselytizing. They are merely judging faith by its actions, and judging Mormonism by Mormons. We need a higher calling, they seem to say as an empirical observation; we need a grander narrative; and if religion can do that, and bring compassion to the world, why should we stand in the way?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It is the best thing they have ever done &#8211; musically, theatrically, comically. They are slowly becoming the Hogarths and Swifts of our time &#8211; because by trashing the world with anarchic humor and biting commentary, they are obviously also intent on saving it. And loving it regardless.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DWkiWtqgOWc&amp;feature=fvst A reminder that Parker and Stone are also brilliant writers of catchy satirical songs: &#8220;It&#8217;s Easy, M&#8217;Kay,&#8221; from Bigger, Longer and Uncut &#8220;All religions constitute an intellectual handicap; the worth of a religion depends on the intellectual honesty it permits. 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