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** In "Turn It Off," Elder Price says that he's not having gay thoughts. Andrew Rannells (the original Elder Price) was openly gay when he was playing Price ''and'' played a gay character on ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''.
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** Elder Price coming around to Elder Cunningham's ''loose'' interpretation of their holy text makes more sense when you remember that he'd ''always'' been fairly light on actual faith despite his encyclopedic knowledge of the Book of Mormon. Note his professed desire to "blow God's freaking mind", his assurance that God would tell him "you've done an awesome job, Kevin", and later him outright ''telling God he's made a mistake'' by placing him in Uganda instead of Orlando. His final line is basically him admitting what had already been on his mind prior.
-->'''Elder Price:''' We are all still Latter-Day Saints, even if we change some things, or we break the rules, or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick we have complete doubt that God exists.]]
-->'''Elder Price:''' We are all still Latter-Day Saints, even if we change some things, or we break the rules, or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick we have complete doubt that God exists.]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: General Butt Fucking Naked is another example of Parker and Stone's infamous brand of vulgar absurdism, right? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Butt_Naked Wrong.]] ''He's a real person.''
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: General Butt Fucking Naked is another example of Parker and Stone's infamous brand of vulgar absurdism, right? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Butt_Naked Wrong.]] ''He's a real person.'''' Though he’s actually from Liberia rather than Uganda, he converted to Evangelical Protestantism rather than Mormonism and while he was nicknamed General Butt Naked, calling him General Butt Fucking Naked with the F-bomb was an invention of this play.
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* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show. Speaking of that "growth", when the show came back to the theatre post-COVID, Matt, Trey, and Bob rewritten some lines and redid minor scenes to either clarify their intentions or outright remove certain words that could come across as offensive.
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show. Speaking of that "growth", when the show came back to the theatre post-COVID, Matt, Trey, and Bob rewritten some lines and redid minor scenes to either clarify their intentions or outright remove certain words that could come across as offensive.
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Bringing it back since it has its place here.
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** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show. Speaking of that "growth", when the show came back to the theatre post-COVID, Matt, Trey, and Bob rewritten some lines and redid minor scenes to either clarify their intentions or outright remove certain words that could come across as offensive.
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show. Speaking of that "growth", when the show came back to the theatre post-COVID, Matt, Trey, and Bob rewritten some lines and redid minor scenes to either clarify their intentions or outright remove certain words that could come across as offensive.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Elder Cunningham shows several signs of being autistic—particularly his bluntness, socially awkward behavior, noticeable special interests, and lack of ability to regulate the volume of his voice.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Elder Cunningham shows several signs of being autistic—particularly his bluntness, socially awkward behavior, noticeable special interests, and [[NoInsideVoice lack of ability to regulate the volume of his voice]].
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: General Butt Fucking Naked is another example of Parker and Stone's infamous brand of vulgar absurdism, right? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Butt_Naked Wrong.]] ''He's a real person.''
* AmbiguousDisorder: Elder Cunningham shows several signs of being autistic—particularly his bluntness, socially awkward behavior, noticeable special interests, and lack of ability to regulate the volume of his voice.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Elder Cunningham shows several signs of being autistic—particularly his bluntness, socially awkward behavior, noticeable special interests, and lack of ability to regulate the volume of his voice.
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* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show.
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show.
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* GeniusBonus: Cunningham being heavily into science fiction (''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', etc.) and fantasy (''Lord of the Rings'') may seem like stock {{Nerd}} traits at first, but it is also a subtle reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_fiction#Science_fiction_and_fantasy the disproportionate influence]] Mormon writers had on those genres.
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* GeniusBonus: Cunningham being heavily into science fiction (''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', etc.) and fantasy (''Lord of the Rings'') may seem like stock {{Nerd}} nerd traits at first, but it is also a subtle reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_fiction#Science_fiction_and_fantasy the disproportionate influence]] Mormon writers had on those genres.
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* {{Squick}}: The running gag about the doctor having maggots in his scrotum, as well as a later point where Elder Price gets [[spoiler:his copy of the title book [[AssShove shoved up his butt by General Butt-Fucking Naked]]]].
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* {{Squick}}: The running gag about the doctor having maggots in his scrotum, as well as a later point where Elder Price gets [[spoiler:his copy of the title book (very painfully) [[AssShove shoved up his butt ass by General Butt-Fucking Naked]]]].
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!! [[Literature/TheBookOfMormon The religious text]] contains examples of:
* FairForItsDay: Max Perry Mueller argues in ''Race and the Making of the Mormon People'' that the Book of Mormon actually challenged some aspects of the 19th-century racial worldview by preaching against racial schisms and that everyone could be saved regardless of their race (2 Nephi 26:33). However, other passages haven't aged so well, like the Lamanites receiving a "skin of blackness" as a sign of their curse, and they become "white" through conversion.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Lamanites utterly fail to take the city of Noah, and the narrative describes how some of the Nephites were only wounded due to arrows striking their unarmored legs. No doubt more than one of them [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim took an arrow in the knee]].
* {{Squick}}: The fallen and depraved Nephites' and Lamanites' treatment of prisoners is not pleasant reading. The Lamanites kill Nephite men and force their children to eat their bodies. The Nephites are called out as being ''worse''.
* TearJerker: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his father has been killed, and he's doing all he can do to finish his work while on the run. He knows full well that God will quit protecting him after he finishes, and he [[DeathSeeker wants it to be this way, as he has nothing else to live for]]. The last verse is him saying goodbye to the reader and hoping to see them in the afterlife.
* FairForItsDay: Max Perry Mueller argues in ''Race and the Making of the Mormon People'' that the Book of Mormon actually challenged some aspects of the 19th-century racial worldview by preaching against racial schisms and that everyone could be saved regardless of their race (2 Nephi 26:33). However, other passages haven't aged so well, like the Lamanites receiving a "skin of blackness" as a sign of their curse, and they become "white" through conversion.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Lamanites utterly fail to take the city of Noah, and the narrative describes how some of the Nephites were only wounded due to arrows striking their unarmored legs. No doubt more than one of them [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim took an arrow in the knee]].
* {{Squick}}: The fallen and depraved Nephites' and Lamanites' treatment of prisoners is not pleasant reading. The Lamanites kill Nephite men and force their children to eat their bodies. The Nephites are called out as being ''worse''.
* TearJerker: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his father has been killed, and he's doing all he can do to finish his work while on the run. He knows full well that God will quit protecting him after he finishes, and he [[DeathSeeker wants it to be this way, as he has nothing else to live for]]. The last verse is him saying goodbye to the reader and hoping to see them in the afterlife.
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!! [[Literature/TheBookOfMormon The religious text]] contains examples of:
* FairForItsDay: Max Perry Mueller argues in ''Race and the Making of the Mormon People'' that the Book of Mormon actually challenged some aspects of the 19th-century racial worldview by preaching against racial schisms and that everyone could be saved regardless of their race (2 Nephi 26:33). However, other passages haven't aged so well, like the Lamanites receiving a "skin of blackness" as a sign of their curse, and they become "white" through conversion.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Lamanites utterly fail to take the city of Noah, and the narrative describes how some of the Nephites were only wounded due to arrows striking their unarmored legs. No doubt more than one of them [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim took an arrow in the knee]].
* {{Squick}}: The fallen and depraved Nephites' and Lamanites' treatment of prisoners is not pleasant reading. The Lamanites kill Nephite men and force their children to eat their bodies. The Nephites are called out as being ''worse''.
* TearJerker: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his fatherhas been killed, and he's doing all he can do to finish his work while on the run. He knows full well that God will quit protecting him after he finishes, and he [[DeathSeeker wants it to be this way, as he has nothing else to live for]]. The last verse is him saying goodbye to the reader and hoping to see them in the afterlife.
moved [[YMMV/TheBookOfMormonAnotherTestamentOfJesusChrist here]].
* FairForItsDay: Max Perry Mueller argues in ''Race and the Making of the Mormon People'' that the Book of Mormon actually challenged some aspects of the 19th-century racial worldview by preaching against racial schisms and that everyone could be saved regardless of their race (2 Nephi 26:33). However, other passages haven't aged so well, like the Lamanites receiving a "skin of blackness" as a sign of their curse, and they become "white" through conversion.
* HilariousInHindsight: The Lamanites utterly fail to take the city of Noah, and the narrative describes how some of the Nephites were only wounded due to arrows striking their unarmored legs. No doubt more than one of them [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim took an arrow in the knee]].
* {{Squick}}: The fallen and depraved Nephites' and Lamanites' treatment of prisoners is not pleasant reading. The Lamanites kill Nephite men and force their children to eat their bodies. The Nephites are called out as being ''worse''.
* TearJerker: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his father
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his father has been killed, and he's doing all he can do to finish his work while on the run. He knows full well that God will quit protecting him after he finishes, and he [[DeathSeeker wants it to be this way, as he has nothing else to live for]]. The last verse is him saying goodbye to the reader and hoping to see them in the afterlife.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: The final chapter, when Moroni is the LastOfHisKind. All the time he is writing, he is completely alone, his father has been killed, and he's doing all he can do to finish his work while on the run. He knows full well that God will quit protecting him after he finishes, and he [[DeathSeeker wants it to be this way, as he has nothing else to live for]]. The last verse is him saying goodbye to the reader and hoping to see them in the afterlife.
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* GeniusBonus: Cunningham being heavily into science fiction (''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', etc.) and fantasy (''Lord of the Rings'') may seem like stock HollywoodNerd traits at first, but it is also a subtle reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_fiction#Science_fiction_and_fantasy the disproportionate influence]] Mormon writers had on those genres.
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* GeniusBonus: Cunningham being heavily into science fiction (''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', etc.) and fantasy (''Lord of the Rings'') may seem like stock HollywoodNerd {{Nerd}} traits at first, but it is also a subtle reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_fiction#Science_fiction_and_fantasy the disproportionate influence]] Mormon writers had on those genres.
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* FanNickname:
** Elder [=McKinley=] is almost always referred to by the fan-created first name 'Connor'. Elders Church and Thomas are typically called 'James' and 'Chris', respectively. However, there's never been any official word on what the characters' first names are.
** Nabulungi is often nicknamed 'Naba'.
** Elder [=McKinley=] is almost always referred to by the fan-created first name 'Connor'. Elders Church and Thomas are typically called 'James' and 'Chris', respectively. However, there's never been any official word on what the characters' first names are.
** Nabulungi is often nicknamed 'Naba'.
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** In "Turn It Off," Elder Price says that he's not having gay thoughts. Andrew Rannells (the original Elder Price) later came out as gay ''and'' played a gay character on ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''.
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** In "Turn It Off," Elder Price says that he's not having gay thoughts. Andrew Rannells (the original Elder Price) later came out as was openly gay when he was playing Price ''and'' played a gay character on ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth''.
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** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist (though it's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism).
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** This 2019 [[https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/re-reviewing-the-book-of-mormon-and-hamilton-in-2019.html re-review of the Broadway production]] (alongside a similar reassessment of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'') points out that the original critical discussions around the show fell under this by prioritizing how Mormons might feel over its portrayal of their religion over how Africans might feel about its portrayal of Uganda and its people -- which is significantly less sympathetic and affectionate in the latter case, to the point of being outright racist (though it's racist. It's not the first time a Parker & Stone work has been accused of racism).racism, but even those who'd worked with the duo -- such as Creator/JoshGad (the original Cunningham) -- conceded to the criticism and admitted that there is room for "growth" regarding the depiction of Africans in the show.
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* {{Squick}}: The fallen and depraved Nephites' and Lamanites' treatment of prisoners is not pleasant reading. The Lamanites kill Nephite men and force their children to eat their bodies. The Nephites are called out as being ''worse''.
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** "I Believe" (Elder Price's mid-Act-II power ballad). It's something like TheElevenOClockNumber, as the climax begins to happen shortly after it. But it manages to cross into audacious with how Price reaffirms his faith, only to [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome have all of that undone by General Butt-Fucking-Naked]].
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** "I Believe" (Elder Price's mid-Act-II power ballad). It's something like TheElevenOClockNumber, as the climax begins to happen shortly after it. But it manages to cross into audacious with how Price reaffirms his faith, only to [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome have all of that undone by General Butt-Fucking-Naked]].Butt-Fucking Naked]].
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: No matter how minor, if a character in this show has a name [[AllThereInTheScript (even one that only appears in the script)]], they have a fan following. Elder Thomas, Elder Church, and Kimbay seem to be especially popular.
** The biggest example would be Elder [=McKinley=] for his CampGay antics and HoYay with Elder Price.
** The biggest example would be Elder [=McKinley=] for his CampGay antics and HoYay with Elder Price.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: No matter how minor, if a character in this show has a name [[AllThereInTheScript (even one that only appears in the script)]], they have a fan following. following.
** Elder Thomas, Elder Church, and Kimbay seem to be especially popular.
** The biggest example would be Elder [=McKinley=] for his CampGay antics andHoYay with obvious crush on Elder Price.
** Elder Thomas, Elder Church, and Kimbay seem to be especially popular.
** The biggest example would be Elder [=McKinley=] for his CampGay antics and
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* HarsherInHindsight: Elder Price's DarkReprise of the "Orlando" refrain can hit a little too close to home for some after the June 2016 mass shooting. See above.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Elder Price's DarkReprise of the "Orlando" refrain can hit a little too close to home for some after the June 2016 mass shooting. See above.
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: [=McPriceley=] (Price/[=McKinley=]), Arnaba (Cunningham/Nabulungi), and Pricingham (Price/Cunningham). Also 'Churchtarts' and 'Schravis', as detailed below.
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: [=McPriceley=] (Price/[=McKinley=]), Arnaba (Cunningham/Nabulungi), and Pricingham (Price/Cunningham). Also 'Churchtarts' (Church/"Poptarts" Thomas) and 'Schravis', as detailed below.'Schravis' (Schrader/Davis).
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Hasa Diga Eebowai" sounds like a combination of "I Can't Just Wait To Be King" and "Hakuna Matata". "Hankuna Matata" is even referenced in the song, so it could be one big ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.
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* AwardSnub: Despite the musical sweeping the Tonys, neither Creator/AndrewRannells or Creator/JoshGad won, with many believing the split the vote.
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* ItsBeenDone: ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Missionary: Impossible]]" (2000) features a very similar plot.
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** If you have a ''very'' dark sense of humour, all the AIDS jokes are this when you remember what one of Andrew Rannells’s [[Theatre/{{Falsettos}} next big stage roles was.]]
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** If you have a ''very'' dark sense of humour, all the AIDS jokes are this when you remember what one of Andrew Rannells’s [[Theatre/{{Falsettos}} next big stage roles was.]]was]].
* ItsBeenDone: ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Missionary: Impossible]]" (2000) features a very similar plot.
* ItsBeenDone: ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible Missionary: Impossible]]" (2000) features a very similar plot.
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Shoehorn (I should know, I added it too back in the day)
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Elder Price's dream of going to Orlando has become this, following the deadliest mass shooting in US history taking place in the city in June 2016. Worse yet is the fact that said shooting took place in a gay nightclub. Andrew Rannells, the original Elder Price, is gay, and Price himself could be considered AmbiguouslyGay.
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* LGBTFanbase: The overly-friendly, mostly male cast and especially "Turn It Off"'s satire of the TransparentCloset (complete with glittery tap dance) has attracted a lot of gay fans.
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** Despite being not much more than a CampGay stereotype, Elder [=McKinley=] has a lot of gay fans due to how relatable [[TransparentCloset his story of repression is]].
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* HoYay:
** Depending on the production, Elder [=McKinley=] and Elder Price. It helps that [=McKinley=] is canonically gay and Price has no love interest in-story (plus Price's original actor, former 4Kids voice actor Andrew Rannells, is gay).
** In some later productions, after returning from the village [[spoiler:covered in the blood of a recently executed Ugandan]], Elder Price grabs Elder [=McKinley=] by the arms and/or face in excitement. Elder [=McKinley=] almost tries to kiss him.
** Some versions have them make out during "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream".
** Elders Price and Cunningham have quite a bit of this as well.
* ItsBeenDone: To take a page from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''... [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible did it]]!
** Depending on the production, Elder [=McKinley=] and Elder Price. It helps that [=McKinley=] is canonically gay and Price has no love interest in-story (plus Price's original actor, former 4Kids voice actor Andrew Rannells, is gay).
** In some later productions, after returning from the village [[spoiler:covered in the blood of a recently executed Ugandan]], Elder Price grabs Elder [=McKinley=] by the arms and/or face in excitement. Elder [=McKinley=] almost tries to kiss him.
** Some versions have them make out during "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream".
** Elders Price and Cunningham have quite a bit of this as well.
* ItsBeenDone: To take a page from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''... [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible did it]]!
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* NauseaFuel[=/=]{{Squick}}: The running gag about the doctor having maggots in his scrotum, as well as a later point where Elder Price gets [[spoiler:his copy of the title book [[AssShove shoved up his butt by General Butt-Fucking Naked]]]].
* NightmareRetardant: "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" is deliberately anything '''but''' spooky, which is part of the reason why the number is so hysterical.
* NightmareRetardant: "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" is deliberately anything '''but''' spooky, which is part of the reason why the number is so hysterical.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: 'Churchtarts', the pairing of Elder Church and Elder 'Poptarts' Thomas, who each have a verse in "Turn It Off". They have about ten lines between them, and never speak to each other.
** Even more random is 'Schravis' - Elders Schrader and Davis. The former isn't even named outside of the script.
** Even more random is 'Schravis' - Elders Schrader and Davis. The former isn't even named outside of the script.
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: 'Churchtarts', the pairing of Elder Church and Elder 'Poptarts' Thomas, who each have a verse in "Turn It Off". They have about ten lines between them, and never speak to each other. \n** Even more random is 'Schravis' - Elders Schrader and Davis. The former isn't even named outside of the script.
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* UnfortunateImplications: [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the show.
** However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
** However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
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* UnfortunateImplications: {{Squick}}: The running gag about the doctor having maggots in his scrotum, as well as a later point where Elder Price gets [[spoiler:his copy of the title book [[AssShove shoved up his butt by General Butt-Fucking Naked]]]].
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout theshow.
**show. However, [=McKinley=]'s line "We love to dance and shout/And let all our feelings out" in the finale does hint that he's getting closer to finding/accepting himself in spite of this.
* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/4743/why_the_book_of_mormon_%28the_musical%29_is_awesomely_lame__/ This article brings up a few, albeit by missing the point of the show.]] Also, the LDS Church's unkind opinion on homosexuality renders [=McKinley=]'s situation rather uncomfortable, especially when the dialogue at times seems to support the "moral validity" of his repression. It also doesn't help that the message of the musical is that Mormonism does teach good moral lessons, implying (obviously accidentally, considering Stone's and Parker's well-established acceptance of gay people) that homophobia is one of those "good moral lessons," or is otherwise just one of the silly, unimportant side-effects of the Mormon teachings like the other ridiculous factual teachings made fun of throughout the
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