Holy Moly!!!!
Mormon Play By ‘South Park’ Creators A Reality
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are working on a Broadway musical – about Mormons. The new show – which will be co-created by Avenue Q writer Jeff Marx – is currently being developed by the comic duo but is yet to be given a title. Marx told Bang Showbiz: “Trey and Matt were over with me in London recently while I open Q here and so far we’ve written about four songs but we’ve got loads more ideas.
“The show is going to have nothing to do with their show, South Park, or my musical. It’ll be something totally new and it’s going to be something totally different.
South ParkHe added: “It’s going to be about Mormons and it’s going to be really funny. We hope.”
The South Park creators are no strangers to poking fun at organised religion. They most recently attacked former cast member Isaac Hayes and his Scientology beliefs.
The star’s character, Chef, was depicted as a paedophile and killed off after he quit the cult animated show complaining that Parker and Stone actively promoted intolerance and bigotry. It is believed his outrage stemmed from an episode aired last year which mocked fellow Scientologist Tom Cruise.
Avenue Q – which has recently opened in London’s West End – is an adult-themed musical inspired by a number of puppet based children’s TV shows, including Sesame Street.
Wow, that could really be the funniest thing in the world, but more likely not. I am a fan of South Park, and also a big fan of Avenue Q, so I imagine it will be well done. I just hope it isn’t over-the-top offensive, for the sake of being of offensive, like Team America: World Police. But as they say, there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
Really, this is just the other side of the Church’s PR success coin. Unavoidable, and some would even say desireable. If I were to be concerned it would not be about offensiveness, but rather truthfulness. Most people see past offensiveness but understandably have serious problems with truth. Should we really expect these guys to follow the Church’s PR manual on this one? And I doubt there will be any disclaimers of the “Big Love” sort.