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Radio interview on Mormonism & Popular Culture
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Jana Riess
With two major events last week dealing with Mormonism and popular culture (the opening of the Book of Mormon musical on Broadway and the finale of the HBO series Big Love), I’ve been asked a lot of questions lately on Mormonism’s role in the public eye and whether outsiders’ depictions of Latter-day Saints are inaccurate…
“Book of Mormon Musical” Co-Creator Bobby Lopez on Why He’s Fascinated by Mormons
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Jana Riess
As I’ve already shared here, I loved the new “Book of Mormon” musical on Broadway, which officially opens tonight on Broadway. As I was discussing it last week with my amazing college roommate, she dropped the bombshell that she’s friends with co-creator Bobby Lopez, who lives in her artsy building in Brooklyn. Only in New…
A Mormon Reviews Broadway’s New “Book of Mormon” Musical
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Jana Riess
I was prepared for scatological humor, generous doses of the F word, and off-color bawdiness—this is South Park without network censorship, remember?—but I wasn’t prepared for my Mormon faith to be lampooned with any sensitivity. I was happy to be wrong. By Jana Riess “Jesus sounds like Kenny,” my friend Donna whispered at the…
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