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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
It is all subjective. One person's art is another person's trash.
Anybody here see the play The Book of Mormon? I saw it in Minneapolis some years back. It was raw, coarse, obscene...but at the same time riotously funny. I can't remember any time I've laughed as hard as I did at that play. Some--a few--folks did walk out. The rest of us enjoyed ourselves hugely.
Interesting, though, how the Mormon community reacted. Some were there, enjoying the play as much as the rest of us. At the end, though, they were out front handing out cards that read (in paraphrase) "You've seen and enjoyed the movie. But would you like to know more about the real Church of Latter Day Saints"? Which I thought was a really classy way for them to react.
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We saw it in London some years ago and agree very funny. Makes fun of almost all religions. With one major exception Muslims.
On the way out lots of the cast and theater employees were saying hi to the folks leaving and got into a discussion with the manager.
Asked him what did he think would happen if the Muslims were shown in a bad light. His answer was they would burn the place down.