Hmm. These are the videos I'm always really
nervous about making
I'm going to probably say something
really stupid and it's going to piss somebody off.
But then I remember that I'm me and that's
kinda my thing.
So occasionally I like to talk about
musical theatre.
Yes that's right I've been alienating my
audience since 2010.
I also, in a video long ago, talked about
Christianity in general.
Hello! My name is-- 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've seen the musical. What can I help you with?
Do you know about Jesus Christ? 
You know what? I. Don't. Think. I do!
Ugh. I look so old now.
You know what the scary thing is? That video was
made two months ago.
So in a lovely bit of serendipity the
traveling company finally came to my
city
and I got to go and watch Book a Mormon. I loved it.
For those who don't know, here's a quick rundown of the plot.
Two young Mormons are sent on a mission
to Uganda. One is a nerdy loner who
lies when he doesn't know what to say.
The other is essentially Super Mormon! He
looks good, knows the gospel,
and excels at pretty much everything
he tries to do.
I belieeeeeeeeeeeeve! That Satan has a hold of you!
I belieeeeeeeeeeeeve! That the Lord God has sent me here.
And I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people.
Once they're in the village and they see
the poverty, and the AIDS epidemic,
and the war ravaging the area there's a crisis of
conscience for both of them.
And this is all wrapped up in a musical
comedy because...
well, obviously.
It was written and scored
by the South Park guys: Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
They were joined by Robert Lopez who was
the co-composer
of Avenue Q which, if you're not familiar
with that, is another musical
which can be best summed up by saying that it's the X-rated version of Sesame Street.
And as you can know I have a gigantic heart.
So whyyyyy don't I have a boyfriend?
!@*% it sucks to be me!
As one would expect there's
some pretty
filthy language and situations in the
show. As an example
there's a song called Hasa Diga Eebowai. 
When they first get to the village
they're confronted by the reality that
this is not going to be Lion King and
they see that the villagers when something
bad happens to them throw their hands up
in the air and shout
Hasa Diga Eebowai! Which eventually 
they find out translates to
F*** you God! There is an actual lyric in
this song
that is: F*** you God in the ***, mouth, and ****. I realize that I just bleeped out all those words
but I can only assume that somebody with
a monocle
just fainted. 
Sure there's some crassness in this show, however
there's a fantastic message buried in
the dirty.
Much like South Park which is also
criticized for its language
and Cartman's morally objectionable
actions
there is a humanistic message buried
within this musical.
There are some truly awful things that
happen in this world but there's really
no reason why this can't be
our own paradise planet. Why can't we
just be good to one another?
What's so bad about being nice?
The Green
brothers have their own saying
which is Don't Forget to be Awesome. I
use it as my own mantra in my life
but if you wanted to distill that down even
further we could just say
be the good we want to see in the world.
BTGWWTSINW
That... that just doesn't have the same ring to it. This is probably why I'm not in marketing.
Also probably why I'm poor.
What you think? Can we be nice one another?
If you've seen it what did you think about
Book a Mormon? Let me know down
in the comments below. 
My name is Kyle. Thank you so much for watching
I will see you all again next Thursday. 
I belieeeeeeeeeeeve....
