South park the story of the book of mormon episode

However, the way that the south park episode tells the story is based on a. Dum, da dum dum dum is the musical refrain for much of this episode as stan and his family learn the core beliefs of the mormon religion from. A recent episode of south park called all about the mormons focused on the story of joseph smith and the origins of the book of mormon. During joseph smiths lifetime, the term native american referred to white u. Caught up in the familyfriendly doctrine of the church, randy declares the marshes to be mormon as well. With 16 seasons of south park in the bank, it was inevitable that thered be. Garrisons classroom the kids enter and go for their desks. All about mormons official south park studios wiki. After hearing the highly improbable story of how joseph smith came to write the book of mormon accompanied by flashbacks and a musical score that consists mostly of dum dum dum dum dum. The book of mormon is a satirical musical with a book, lyrics, and music by trey parker, matt stone the creators of south park and robert lopez.

The book of mormon, the broadway musical by the creators. November 19, 2003 mormon neighbors move into town, causing the citizens of south park to become mormons themselves. Trey parker and matt stone, the perpetrators of the hit cartoon series south park, have taken potshots at everything from scientology to barbra streisand, packed more fart jokes and fourletter words into small spaces than any other filmmakers over the age of 10 and risked death threats for an episode last year in which they poked fun at the prophet muhammad. The musical is a great glimpse into parker and stones future with hints of south parks demented comedy and the budding musical genius that would go on. Garys dad starts to tell stan the story of joseph smith, founder of mormonism. The same episode, titled all about mormons, accurately recounts quite a bit of the mormon story joseph smith meeting moroni, god and jesus christ, finding the gold plates, translating. The thing about joseph praying in the woods and seeing heavenly father and jesus christ is mostly deadon, except that, according to most accounts, smith was 14 at the time that that happened, not an adult. How did mormons react to the south park episode about mormons. But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith, the marsh family decides to convert to mormonism.

This is a great season of south park,the last of the classics in the south park series. The book of mormon, new musical from south park team. Ok, thats some pretty lazy, and intentionally misleading storytelling right there. South park s7e12 all about mormons recap tv tropes. The boys meet a new classmate, gary, whose family are mormons. The day i spoke with stone, i coincidentally ran into a group of mormon missionaries in the lobby of a mall. The animation ive mad is in absolutely no way affiliated with either south park or the book of mormon. Take the creators of south park and the composer of avenue q. Stan learns about the mormon religion after a new family moves to south park from utah. South park part 4 translating the book of mormon life. After stan professes his ignorance of the joseph smith story, garys father begins telling the story of the mormon prophets vision. Parker and stone cocreated the music with lopez, who also cowrote and cocomposed avenue q. Many people who are not familiar with the mormon church were baffled at the story as depicted by south park, wondering how accurate it tells the mormon story. For example, the story implies that only joseph smith saw the metal plates on which the book of mormon was engraven, but in reality over a dozen people saw them.

Is there any truth to the south park episode all about. It shows joseph smith putting two seer stones into a hat, then burying his. South park is the latest beneficiary of hollywoods rerun mania. If someone is an otherwise good person, you shouldnt hold their beliefs against them anachronism stew. Their testimony is found in the beginning of the copy of the book of mormon that the missionaries gave me. Or that their musical the book of mormon would go on to win nine tonys. There were some elements of truth, but the story was grossly simplified and omitted important parts of the history. As we reported here at rd earlier last month, one of the big stories in the world of mormonism this year will be the book of mormon, a broadway musical written by south park creators trey parker and matt stone with help from avenue qs robert lopez, telling the tale of two naive but wellmeaning lds missionaries to uganda who, faced with the realities of mass human suffering, collide with. Matt stone and trey parker have made serious bank because of their storytelling skills. Storyline stan learns about the mormon religion after a new family moves to south park from utah. The whole episode zigzags on mormon faiths mythology and practices in both inuniverse and in john smiths story an aesop. To the south park fan, the book of mormon is parker and stones chance to make a defiant statement on religion, well beyond anything theyve accomplished in. The boys cant believe that stan is hanging out with new kid gary, whos horrifically nice.

The thing about joseph praying in the woods and seeing heavenly father and jesus christ is mostly deadon, except that, according to most accounts, smith was. Add solid musical storytelling, mormons, uganda, aids, a chorus line and a healthy amount of smut and you have the book of mormon. All about mormons is the twelfth episode of season seven, and the 108th overall episode of south park. Storytelling secrets from the creators of south park. And yes, joseph smith did decline to retranslate them. All rights belong to the respective companies and i hope so much that they dont kill me for what ive made. All about mormons full episode season 07 ep 12 south park studios nordics when a mormon kid moves to south park, stan has to kick his ass, while the rest of the town are fascinated and become mormons. It was made out of a genuine love for both the tv show and the stage musical. Translating the book of mormon south park depiction of the translation of the book of mormon is more accurate than the most mormons realize.

What inaccuracies and omissions do mormons see in the south park episode on mormonism. When the irreverent animated comedy south park first became a hit back in the late 90s, few couldve guessed that the shows cocreators, matt stone and trey parker, would eventually become the toast of old broadway. The book of mormon, a new musical collaboration between south park creators trey parker and matt stone and avenue q composer robert lopez, will. During the collaboration, the duo offered lopez a chance to come to their studio to create an episode with them and workshop ideas.

Is the episode all about mormons accurate southpark. But when stan and his dad become intrigued with the harrisons overwhelming happiness and the story of joseph smith, the marsh family. The main theme of this episode which was cowritten by matt and treys book of mormon collaborator robert lopez was set early on when randys office chat leads to a. The show pokes fun at judeochristian religions and traditional musical theater. Weird al yankovic all about the pentiums tedo 1671 2. Ive seen the all about mormons south park episode, and i am mormon. The most controversial south park episodes, ranked guide. All about mormonsscript south park archives fandom. Stan asks gary how joseph smith wrote the book of mormon. Season 7, episode 12 all about mormons first aired. With trey parker, matt stone, adrien beard, mona marshall.

Tea towel fun novelty bathroom decor south park collectibles kid, tv series fan gift. Yes, the first 116 pages of the book of mormon were lost. Trey parker and matt stone had just finished working with composer robert lopez in the broadway musical the book of mormon before this season of south park commenced. The main controversy caused by the episode, though, stemmed from the retelling of how the. South parks trey parker and matt stone talk book of. When a super nice mormon family moves to south park, naturally the boys first instinct is to kick the new kids ass. From south park, the story of how this evil, lying false prophet started the worlds stupidest most moronic religion ever. The story of joseph smith s founding of mormonism and the origin of the book of mormon is told through a number of comedic 19thcentury flashbacks, with a musical narration. This is turn it off from the new cast recording of the book of mormon, which was cowritten by my guests trey parker and matt stone, the cocreators of. This season goes up to the 100th episode and a few beyond.