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[NSW] The Book of Mormon Musical (19-30 Sep, Sydney Lyric Theatre) A Reserve $79.90 + Booking Fee @ Smart Tix
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That’s Elder Donny and Elder Marie
Fantastic show when I saw it in Melbourne!!
Jump on it if you haven't seen it - well worth it!
The Review: "Really, really bad. Disgusting, poor taste.
I wish it was possible to give this a lower score. I am not old and I enjoy good and even simple humor as much as the next person, but this was ridiculous. The jokes were incredibly weak and totally obvious. I am not religious at all and I was very disgusted by the sacrilegious nature of this show. It was not funny, just in poor taste. But, even worse than this was them ridiculing Africans having sex with babies, female circumcision and AIDS. I was embarrassed and would not recommend this absolute piece of crap to anyone. I can't believe the hype behind this absolutely horrible show. The two main characters overacted so much it was hard to watch. Nothing memorable except how bad it really is. I have seen hundreds of shows in the past and this is by far the worst I have ever seen. Very sad that people find this entertaining. I really and truly hated it. I can't believe I paid so much for this piece of junk. I want my money back."Ha, I saw it on the weekend, this review is very odd to me. How can you be "not religious at all" and still be upset by blasphemy? Also, at no point do they ridicule Africans for female circumcision, child rape, AIDS, etc. These things are mentioned as reality, and the Mormon characters are pressured to reconcile it with their naive beliefs; there's a point, they are said with gravity, not made light of.
Also, the over-acting is pointed, the Mormon elders are portrayed as flamboyant and overly-positive, naive characters, they mention in the script how they are expected to over-act their positiveness their whole lives. There's an entire song about completely repressing all bad thoughts and feelings, and being overly optimistic and nice.
I think this negative reviewer and a lot (but not all) of the others completely missed multiple messages and points to the production. There were plenty of very memorable and well written scenes that made fantastic points against puritanism and missionaries. The songs are well written and catchy as well, I don't even like musicals. That's not to say it's perfect and for everyone, there are things I could nitpick, but overall I enjoyed it.
How can you be "not religious at all" and still be upset by blasphemy?
I find it offensive to disrespect anybody's religion, regardless of whether I follow that religion or not…
Do you think it's also OK to make fun of people of other races, when you are not of that race???
@jv:
Of course I think it's wrong to make fun of a religion, and make fun of someone's race. Those things are very different though, not comparable.
Have you seen Book of Mormon? I'm not sure where they "made fun" of either (I'm not being facetious, genuinely interested in what you found offensive).
@jv: This is a bit silly, musical theatre has a long history of satirizing the absurdity and tropes of religion and race. There's a big difference between satire and blatant disrespect and racial mockery. Anyway, I thought it was a pretty enjoyable night but each to their own :)
has a long history of satirizing the absurdity and tropes of religion and race.
We've moved on from those immature attitudes now though…
@jv: What the show is doing is highlighting the illogical underpinings of the Morman faith; the African interpretation dance of the Mormon "story" is hilarious. This is a very funny show, and the music is very good.
I don't think you need to abandon all logic when you look at religions. Many religions disrespect people who do not share their beliefs, some in quite violent ways - have a look at the history of religious intolerance. My issue is not with race, that is something you are born with - religion is something you choose. Someone's faith should have no sway over other people's choices; but religions often try to force their views on others. The Same Sex Marriage issue is a prime example of this; the majority of the population clearly believed in it but religions held it off for as long as possible. If you don't want to marry someone of the same sex then don't; but don't stop people who do.
the majority of the population clearly believed
the majority of the population didn't all vote.
@jv: The turnout for the vote was 80%, which is a large turnout for a voluntary vote. If this is then tied in with the polls that had been held prior to the vote; they consistently showed that a majority of Australians thought SSM should be allowed. The fact that we even had to vote for it, rather than just accept that consenting adults have a right to be treated equally, is largely down to religious "disrespect" for people in same sex relationships.
@jv: That was the number of people who voted. There was a clear majority of those who voted Yes, by close to 2 to 1. This aligns with the polls conducted beforehand. I don’t see how this can be seen as anything but a clear majority in favour. How would you interpret it? That everyone who didn’t vote was against it, even given the polls? I’m talking logic and statisics here, not faith in an organisation that believes it has the right to discriminate and disrespect others who don’t share that belief.
That was the number of people who voted.
Where did you mention the actual number of people who voted?
You are either avoiding the question, or haven't got a clue.
@jv: no, the number of people who voted was 80% and of those who voted the number of people who voted yes was over 60%. The polls prior to the votes also showed, roughly, these numbers in favour. Hence the idea of a majority. I am not avoiding the question I thought I put it forward quite clearly, sorry you couldn’t understand that.
no, the number of people who voted was 80%
lol… so you don't know the difference between a percentage and an actual number… enough said.
a majority of Australians thought SSM should be allowed.
7.8 million Australians voted yes
17.2 million Australians didn't vote yes…@jv:
17.2 million Australians didn't vote yes
I'm not getting into the the SSM debate, Australia has already decided on that, but if you don't understand how voting works jv, then don't throw around absolute numbers just to make a point because it makes you look desperate and uninformed. I was in agreement with some of your points before this last ridiculous and pointless statement of simply taking total population less those that voted yes, in response to other users not giving you the numbers you were after.
17.2 million Australians didn't vote yes because not all of them are eligible to vote. Approximately 15.9 million Australians were eligible to vote at that time. Only 80%, or 12.7 million responded. Of those that responded 7.8 million (or 62%) said yes. So a majority of those that voted, said yes. If you can't bothered voting, then tough.
Now of the 3.2 million eligible Australians who were entitled to vote, but didn't - only just over 150 thousand (less than 5%) of those would need to vote yes for it to be a majority of the entire eligible voting population as well. So statistically speaking, even if everyone who could vote, did vote, the chance of the result being any different was nominal.
You wanted numbers, those are your numbers.
@jv:
Speaking of avoiding questions; have you seen The Book of Mormon, and if so, which parts did you find to be disrespectful to a religion or race?
I agree, not a great fan of musical theatre but this was very enjoyable.
But, I think this is probably a usual price if you look over the length of the run. In Melbourne there always seemed to be tix at reduced prices.Yeah they do discount the prices, and I waited until the Melb ones were reduced to around $60 before I saw it. I wasn't prepared to pay the original asking price!
I saw it twice at discounted prices. Once in the stalls, close to the front dead middle. Once in the dress circle, off to one side but still good seats. Half price each time. If we paid full price we would have to hand in our Ozbargain badges.
Definitely worth checking it out, especially at this price!
what’s the original price of these tickets?
As soon as I go to Ticketmaster it indicates there is nothing under $200. (That was for this coming Thursday). Despite Lasttix etc saying there is availability.
Good deal for Donny and Marie…