MikeyB1793
Joined Nov 2008
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Perhaps I should have looked more closely at the episode descriptions before watching.
I was expecting an introspective journey of individuals who lost their belief in the Mormon religion.
What I got instead was a quasi-reality TV show of a couple who came out as being Gay - focusing on their lives in California where they were going to get married.
Coming out as Gay is a theme that has been brought up in many documentaries. However, in this series the emphasis was on their discovery of being Gay, rather than leaving the Mormon faith.
The Mormon religion is very hierarchical, patriarchal, and insular - shutting itself off from the outside world. It is puritanical, denying sexual activity and insists on sex only after marriage and solely for procreation purposes. I can assume they prohibit any form of birth control.
I wanted to learn the motivation for abandoning that world of Mormonism. There was very little on this.
One of the women told of how her parents were not allowed to attend her wedding inside the Mormon church because they were not of the faith.
The centerpiece of this documentary was of the two women who were to be married. This became repetitive and trite. When it veered away from them onto other ex-Mormons it was far more provocative, like the encounter with the "Mormon therapist" who did conversion therapy attempting to make Gay people straight. He later abandoned the Mormon faith.
Overall, this was disappointing and superficial, with much of one episode being devoted to the wedding of two women, showing them trying on clothes, making invitations...
What did any of this have to do with leaving Mormonism?
I was expecting an introspective journey of individuals who lost their belief in the Mormon religion.
What I got instead was a quasi-reality TV show of a couple who came out as being Gay - focusing on their lives in California where they were going to get married.
Coming out as Gay is a theme that has been brought up in many documentaries. However, in this series the emphasis was on their discovery of being Gay, rather than leaving the Mormon faith.
The Mormon religion is very hierarchical, patriarchal, and insular - shutting itself off from the outside world. It is puritanical, denying sexual activity and insists on sex only after marriage and solely for procreation purposes. I can assume they prohibit any form of birth control.
I wanted to learn the motivation for abandoning that world of Mormonism. There was very little on this.
One of the women told of how her parents were not allowed to attend her wedding inside the Mormon church because they were not of the faith.
The centerpiece of this documentary was of the two women who were to be married. This became repetitive and trite. When it veered away from them onto other ex-Mormons it was far more provocative, like the encounter with the "Mormon therapist" who did conversion therapy attempting to make Gay people straight. He later abandoned the Mormon faith.
Overall, this was disappointing and superficial, with much of one episode being devoted to the wedding of two women, showing them trying on clothes, making invitations...
What did any of this have to do with leaving Mormonism?
A powerful film of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
We are presented with an array of characters and viewpoints are superbly brought out.
Every episode has a distinct story-line. Much of it is centered on Delours Price and her sister joining the IRA. And once joining the IRA, it becomes very difficult to extricate yourself. They are routed into a quagmire from which there is no exit. It extracts a tremendous emotional toll on their personal lives - where their friends can turn into enemies - and they do horrible things to former partners.
This is one of the best series that I have watched in a long time.
We are presented with an array of characters and viewpoints are superbly brought out.
Every episode has a distinct story-line. Much of it is centered on Delours Price and her sister joining the IRA. And once joining the IRA, it becomes very difficult to extricate yourself. They are routed into a quagmire from which there is no exit. It extracts a tremendous emotional toll on their personal lives - where their friends can turn into enemies - and they do horrible things to former partners.
This is one of the best series that I have watched in a long time.