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Canon rant, abridged version
Jan. 1st, 2019 08:11 pmSo, I will probably have to write a loooooong post about this later, but in the meantime:
1. While watching the opera Norma, I really felt like the librettist meant to write Norma and Adalgisa running off together and got told by the censors or someone that they couldn't do that and hastily pasted on an ending with the requisite dead soprano. (but only one!) I realize this is probably not the case, but it sure seemed like it.
2. Why didn't anyone, before my recip this year, tell me that Book of Mormon, in addition to being wildly and hilariously offensive and also tapping into a deep psychological truth in giving me the mental image of singing and dancing happy shiny missionaries (all of which I did already know), was also about a thoughtful and coherent character arc dealing with faith and crises of faith and faith vs. religion and the problematic nature of God answering prayers? Why didn't I know it was so directly relevant to my interests, particularly this year? IT IS SO GOOD. I HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.
1. While watching the opera Norma, I really felt like the librettist meant to write Norma and Adalgisa running off together and got told by the censors or someone that they couldn't do that and hastily pasted on an ending with the requisite dead soprano. (but only one!) I realize this is probably not the case, but it sure seemed like it.
2. Why didn't anyone, before my recip this year, tell me that Book of Mormon, in addition to being wildly and hilariously offensive and also tapping into a deep psychological truth in giving me the mental image of singing and dancing happy shiny missionaries (all of which I did already know), was also about a thoughtful and coherent character arc dealing with faith and crises of faith and faith vs. religion and the problematic nature of God answering prayers? Why didn't I know it was so directly relevant to my interests, particularly this year? IT IS SO GOOD. I HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.
