Impressions of The Book of Mormon (the Musical)
I saw The Book of Mormon back in January and intended to write something about it, but got swept up in my Downton Abbey recapping. Even though it isn't a movie musical, it likely will be soon enough. And knowing co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, it will involve puppets… The Book of Mormon premiered in 2011 on Broadway and has been a smash hit ever since. Its basic premise sprung from the minds of Stone and Parker, whom many know as the creators of South Park . If you have ever caught a South Park marathon, you are probably aware that the duo has had a fascination with Mormonism for many years, as shown in the classic 2003 episode: "All About Mormons." Both Stone and Parker grew up in Colorado, where they knew several Mormons, also known as "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints." Most of us know of Mormonism as that religion in Utah. Or that religion Mitt Romney belongs to. Or that it's "sort of like Christianity,"