The Book of Mormon (Broadway)
Broadway Musical • 2011 • Comedy
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The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary, Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong dedication to his faith, while his partner, Elder Cunningham, is a socially awkward but well meaning nerd whose tendency to embroider the truth soon lands him in trouble. Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and Cunningham learn that in a society plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, a successful mission may not be as easy as they expected.
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Elder Price has the Book of Mormon shoved up his ass off screen, there is later a scene where there is an x-ray of the book in his colon.
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Is there bestiality?
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Not explicitly, but to get the villagers to stop raping babies to cure their AIDS, Elder Cunningham tell them they can have sex with frogs instead.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Not explicitly shown but there are many references to FGM throughout the play.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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During the end sequence, the villagers act out an orgy scene in their play about Joseph Smith
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Elder Price getting the Book of Mormon shoved up his butt is treated as comical.
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If you aren't seeing it live and are watching a recording. Since there are no professional recordings of the play, many of the amateur recordings can vary in terms of shakeyness.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Maybe? Elder Cunningham is chubby, but beyond the line "We will listen to the fat white guy." his fatness isn't really addressed.
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Is there defecation?
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Not really but during the villager's play about Joseph Smith, they act out having dysentery using brown scarves as a stand-in for feces.
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Is there cannibalism?
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No, but Jeffery Dahmer appears in Elder Price's hell dream.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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At the end the villagers convert the warlord who tormented them to Mormonism and he is seemingly redeemed.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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During the scene at the airport, a woman is dressed like a stereotypical African tribeswoman and sings in Swahili as a sendoff to Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, who are going to Uganda. The woman admits she has never been to Africa and its implied she doesn't know what she sang, and her costume is made of things like brooms and feathers. That being said, the moment is very on the nose about how uneducated people are about modern day Africa.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does the black guy die first?
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One person dies during the course of the play, and it is a black person.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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No, but Elder Price drinking coffee is treated as though he is drinking alcohol. One song also mentions a missionary had an abusive father who drank heavily.
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Does someone die?
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One of the villagers is shot in the face and it's implied that he died.
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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No. But the song "Baptize me" is very suggestive and the baptism scene is played out as though the two characters are having sex for the first time.
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Is religion discussed?
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The entire play is about Mormonism.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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The entire song "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" takes place in Elder Price's dream about going to hell. Demons do show up but they are very comical looking. Satan, however, does look very frightening.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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After Price and Cunningham arrive in Uganda, the play does a 180 and many of the villagers use graphic language and rude gestures throughout the play.
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Elder Price leaves to go to Orlando and doesn't really stick around to say goodbye to anyone. Though he does return later.
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Not explicitly, but one of the characters is mentioned to be raping babies to cure his AIDS.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There is a very brief scene where Elder Price is wheeled in on a stretcher and an x-ray is shown.
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Does someone have cancer?
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One of the missionaries does sing about how his sister passed away from cancer.
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No, but Hitler does appear in Elder Price's hell dream.
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No, but one character sings about his father being abusive towards him and his mother.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Many characters are said to have AIDS
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Elder Price going to a coffee bar and yelling at Elder Cunningham because Cunningham was able to convince the villagers to be baptized and become Mormon, which was what Price wanted to do, could be seen as the culmination of the stress he's put through throughout the play.
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