Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon
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Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

  1. 72 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon

About this book

' Hasa Diga Eebowai '

In 2011, a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that year's Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant return of the American musical. This book explores the inherent achievements (and failures) of The Book of Mormon —one of the most ambitious, and problematic, musicals to achieve widespread success. The creative team members—Matt Parker, Trey Stone and composer Robert Lopez—were collectively known for their aggressive use of taboo subjects and crude, punchy humor. Using the metaphor of boxing, Granger explores the metaphorical punches the trio delivers and ruminates over the less-discussed ideological wounds that their style of shock absurdism might leave behind.

This careful examination of where The Book of Mormon succeeds and fails is sure to challenge discussion of our understanding of musical comedy and our appreciation for this cultural landmark in theatre.

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Yes, you can access Parker, Lopez and Stone's The Book of Mormon by Brian Granger in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas & Teatro. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780429682087
Edition
1
Topic
Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
Subtopic
Teatro

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Information
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction: Fit for the ring—a training montage
  9. Chapter 1 Tradition versus originality: Musical theater’s titleholder and its number-one challenger (a win)
  10. Chapter 2 The fight America wanted: Faith as creative self-guidance versus faith as dutiful collective obedience (a win)
  11. Chapter 3 Cheap shots
  12. Western representations of Africa versus African diaspora realities (a loss)
  13. Chapter 4 A caution: Putting LGBTQ advocacy on Queer Street
  14. Conclusion: Split decision—Defending the offending champions
  15. Index