A few weeks ago, a certain musical hit the nearby St. Louis community where I resided and was a fantastic lure to get kids off their butts on Saturday and do something. I myself didn't see it but from the feedback that I got from the people that did... it was good. It was described as extremely funny and well acted, opposed to my standard vision of a religious based theatrics. Now, of course, the play in question is the Book of Mormon.
Religious musicals aren't something that you'd immediately just want to see yet, there have been several cases of these musicals becoming great hits. From the 1945 Carousal to the 1967 Hair, these musicals can dabble a little or a lot in the field of religion and still rake in thousands of fans.
Perhaps it just has to do with the music? Maybe the fans just love the great numbers and don't even care if it's religious... or , the other way around, perhaps people watch them because of the religious views and don't care if it generally sucks.
Either way, I'm now wishing I had gone to see the Book of Mormon.
Source:
The Spectator
No comments:
Post a Comment