Mormon Broadway
So Andrew Sullivan got to see a dress rehearsal for “The Book of Mormon.” And he liked it. Continue Reading →
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South Park Mormons
From Jo Piazza’s recent story at Fox News on the forthcoming broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon,” by the creators of “South Park”:
“What we will see on Broadway will be something challenging and irreverent, but also riveting, entertaining and ultimately loving,” Brooks said. “Frankly, when Mormons are able to laugh at ourselves is when we will ultimately be a mature world religion.”
Who’s Afraid of the Free Speech Fundamentalists?: Reflections on the South Park Cartoon Controversy
Recent days have, alas, been marked by a sense of déjà vu all over again for scholars of contemporary Islam. On April 14th, the American cable network Comedy Central aired the first half of a double episode of the immensely-popular cartoon sitcom “South Park.” The episode specifically parodied Islamic prohibitions on the pictorial representation of the Prophet Muhammad by portraying him in concealment, first within a U-Haul truck and then inside an ursine mascot costume. On the day prior to the episode’s airing, the American website revolutionmuslim.com posted the following comments by one Abu Talhah al-Amrikee:
We have to warn Matt and Trey [Matt Stone and Trey Parker, co-creators of South Park] that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.
The Dolorous Passion of South Park
Gut Pesach. Stewart M. Hoover writes from Colorado on last week’s already-legendary South Park episode, “The Passion of the Jew”. Stewart, a member of NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, is a professor of journalism Continue Reading →
The Dolorous Passion of South Park
Gut Pesach. Stewart M. Hoover writes from Colorado on last week’s already-legendary South Park episode, “The Passion of the Jew”. Stewart, a member of NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, is a professor of journalism Continue Reading →
The Passion of South Park
UPDATE: See Stewart M. Hoover‘s April 5th review of South Park‘s “The Passion of the Jew”: “The Dolorous Passion of Cartman.” Last word on The Passion: Comedy Central’s South Park will feature a very special episode Continue Reading →