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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The creators of BoM call it “a love letter to religion”. It’s about how religion has the power to give hope and be a force for good as long as we take it metaphorically and not literally. Even the Mormon church itself recommends people see it to bring them closer to God. I liked it a lot. But I guess the stereotypes of Africans can be offensive.[/quote]

It is almost reverential to Mormons compared to the awful stereotypes they perpetuate about the “generic backwards Africans” they depict. I was very offended by that part whne I saw it years ago when it first came out.

A number of shows are full of outdated, what we’d call old-fashioned morals that don’t “work” today. Carousel, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kiss me Kate, Showboat, are all shows that would be challenging to perform now. I recently saw the new production of Camelot and they had Andrew Sorkin rewrite 99% of the book to make the plot more “acceptable” to 2023, but it didn’t really work. Gorgeous performances and staging, but it’s a tough show to do today, even with a “woke” book. [/quote]

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