“I have maggots in my scrotum.” “Fuck ” “Clitoris”

Warning, these are the mos used words in “The Book of Mormon”.  That being said,this is the hottest ticket on Broadway.
The show is entertaining, horribly offensive (in a good way), and all around Awesome (note the capital “A”). As you well may know, the creators of South Park and Avenue Q got together to create this brand spankin new musical. If you can’t stomach South Park’s kind of humor, you probably wont like The Book of Mormon.

The casting was spot on. The acting and dancing was superb. The music was well written – and subtle nods to famous numbers from other musicals (like West Side Story, Wicked, and The Lion King) were one of my favorite parts about the

whole shebang. Hilarity triumphed, but the show also actually taught me a lot about the basics of Mormon religion and religion in general.
The music

makes you want to sign along to catchy tunes like “Man up”, “I’m an African” and “Baptize Me”.  Even though the story takes a cynical look at religion. They poke endless fun at Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Scientologists, Africa, missionaries etc – somehow, it’s still a fee good story.  I left feeling light-hearted and grinning at the hilarious one-liners.

I think if I knew a little more about the Mormon’s before I saw the show it would have been funnier.

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