{"id":109,"date":"2009-03-11T10:48:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T10:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/03\/big-love-hits-below-the-belt.html"},"modified":"2009-03-11T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T10:48:53","slug":"big-love-hits-below-the-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/03\/big-love-hits-below-the-belt.html","title":{"rendered":"Big Love hits below the belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HBO series you&#8217;ve heard about but never seen is using the standard Hollywood tactic of creating controversy to attract viewers. See the Salt Lake Tribune article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_11881370\">HBO apologizes for offense, but will still air Big Love temple scene<\/a>.&#8221; Yeah, that sounds like a real sincere apology.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The linked article posts the text of the statement released by HBO, including this incoherent statement: &#8220;We know that the writers\/producers of the series have gone to great lengths to be respectful and accurate in portraying the endowment ceremony.&#8221; Obviously, an accurate portrayal of LDS temple activities is anything but respectful.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the article notes that the scene depicting activities inside an LDS temple &#8220;was apparently supervised by an &#8216;ex-Mormon&#8217; &#8230;.&#8221; Like there&#8217;s no agenda there. And you don&#8217;t have to look far to find the agenda: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2007\/06\/10\/PKG3EQ4RTA1.DTL&amp;feed=rss.entertainment\">Gay monogamous couple are brains behind polygamy show<\/a>,&#8221; reports the San Francisco Chronicle. So maybe this is just more Prop 8 payback. I wonder how many gays think ex-gays are a reliable source for accurate information about gays?<\/p>\n<p>And then there is Tom Hanks, the show&#8217;s producer, who recently called the LDS Church &#8220;un-American&#8221; for expressing political views about Prop 8 that he didn&#8217;t agree with (see <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/01\/big-love-producer-sounds-off-o.html\">this earlier post<\/a>). He later <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/01\/tom-hanks-take-two.html\">apologized for the remark<\/a>. I&#8217;m sure that apology was as sincere as the HBO statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HBO series you&#8217;ve heard about but never seen is using the standard Hollywood tactic of creating controversy to attract viewers. 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