Be accepting of childlike innocence

Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:09 a.m. MDT
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"Saturday's Voyeur" is in full swing again. For those who've never heard of it, it's a jaunty, homegrown musical revue that pokes fun at all things Utah and many things Mormon.

The show is a fundraiser for The Salt Lake Acting Company — a true force in the local arts scene. And over the years, "Voyeur" (originally a send-up of the LDS musical "Saturday's Warrior") has grown more secular in tone.

Today, it targets politicians more than LDS people. But there was a time when "Voyeur" came out swinging at more than a few LDS sacred cows. In the early years, I remember actors dressed like LDS missionaries singing raunchy lyrics and more than a few "deer-in-the-headlights" LDS matriarchs taking a thumb in the eye.

Traditionally in "Saturday's Voyeur," Mormons have been portrayed as wide-eyed innocents — clueless turnips fresh off the truck. But even in my "wild oat" years, I saw those portrayals of childlike Latter-day Saints as a backhanded compliment of sorts.

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Thank you for this. Your observations about childlike virtue are...

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