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MikeWaters · 03-27-2006, 01:11 PM

I'm really not sure what to think of it, from the artistic perspective.

Indy Coug · 03-28-2006, 05:16 PM

http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cf...hanks32306.htm

SteelBlue · 03-28-2006, 07:08 PM

He lost me at the beginning of his review with this line:

"Set in the fun-loving state of Utah - surprise...they are Mormons and typical if one is to accept what HBO and Hanks are proffering."

I don't see how anyone could watch that show and not realize that the polygamists are not mainstream Mormons. Hiding their polygamy from Mormons is an integral part of the plot. It was not my impression that one needed a lot of knowledge about the LDS culture to understand that aspect of the show.

Sleeping in EQ · 03-30-2006, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I'm really not sure what to think of it, from the artistic perspective.

A friend of mine has taped three episodes for me, but I'm embarassed to admit, I haven't gotten the tape from her just yet.

But unlike the majority of people complaining about the show, I'll watch it before judging it. A novel concept, I know.

SoCalCoug · 03-31-2006, 06:23 AM

I like the show. I think the idea of polygamy has a whole unique set of stresses and conflicts that make for an interesting story. I haven't seen anything in the show that bashes on the church, other than portraying the LDS girl as naive/sappy, which probably isn't far from the truth in many cases.

03-27-2006, 01:11 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I am waiting for Sleeping in EQ's review of Big Love I'm really not sure what to think of it, from the artistic perspective.

03-31-2006, 06:23 AM	#5
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	I like the show. I think the idea of polygamy has a whole unique set of stresses and conflicts that make for an interesting story. I haven't seen anything in the show that bashes on the church, other than portraying the LDS girl as naive/sappy, which probably isn't far from the truth in many cases. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

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Indy Coug Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Between Iraq and a hard place Posts: 7,569	http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cf...hanks32306.htm

03-28-2006, 07:08 PM	#3
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	He lost me at the beginning of his review with this line: "Set in the fun-loving state of Utah - surprise...they are Mormons and typical if one is to accept what HBO and Hanks are proffering." I don't see how anyone could watch that show and not realize that the polygamists are not mainstream Mormons. Hiding their polygamy from Mormons is an integral part of the plot. It was not my impression that one needed a lot of knowledge about the LDS culture to understand that aspect of the show.