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“Like many episodes of South Park, The Book of Mormon starts out as a potty-mouthed buddy comedy before taking a few mind-bending turns and winding up as a kind of parable, in this case about how stories made up on the spur of the moment become religious doctrine. The show’s surprising message is that even if these stories are patently absurd, they can also make people happier and kinder, and maybe that’s not such a bad thing. It’s impossible not to laugh at Elder Price in the showstopper “I Believe,” when he gives full-throated voice to the tenets of his faith—among them “God lives on a planet called Kolob” and “in 1978 God changed his mind about black people”—but don’t be surprised if you find yourself kind of moved, too. The Book of Mormon’s dirty little secret is its big heart.”
