Cheesiness is next to Godliness

[_cinepro]

Ok, granted I'm not in the target audience. But I'm stunned. Speechless.

This is the Church's new program to focus on the youth:

A Brand New Year

To usher in this dawning of a new age, they had a musical bash at the Conference Center. To see the cutting edge of LDS Youth coolness, watch the third video down on this page:

A Brand New Year - Live!

The fun really starts 2:28 in.

[_harmony]

Oh, for goodness sakes! Couldn't she find anything to wear, besides a frickin' suit??? And she's old old old... and shapeless... and not only that, but she needs a haircut. That style is years too young for her. No amount of hair dye is going to change the lines on her face. Botox can only do so much.

Okay, enough compliments.

As for the kids... well, it's not their fault they had to wear such lame skirts. And ties. TIES?

Let my people go!

[_rcrocket]

A couple of posts which will be entered into that book on high. But, God knows who the two of you are. These two posts are really over the top. Why don't the two of you go mock the way the Jews dress or the youth ministries of major Protestant pastors? What a low point for this board -- two people who claim to be active in the Church, mocking and pointing mocking fingers at people trying to do their best.

Really, how easy it is to mock the efforts of religious leaders to keep their kids away from drugs and sex. This presentation so mirrors the efforts of many other faiths and well-meaning people around the world.

We're rewarded with mocking comments about somebody's dress and appearance. Gee, I hope nobody judges me, my wife, my children or people I love and respect by the way they dress or the limits of their facial structures. Is there really any merit to the concept that one's rightness with God or with his or her fellow man is measured by the face she was born with or the clothes she wears?

[Guest]

A couple of posts which will be entered into that book on high. But, God knows who the two of you are.

Re-read the first sentence of my post.

I fully understand that they weren't producing the event for cynical, middle-aged LDS men. But even I thought I had an extremely high tolerance for cheese (after all, I have "My Turn on Earth" and "Newsies" on my iPod), but those videos just blow me away.

I really want to know if a production like that connected with the Youth of the Church. I was a super-hard-core TBM as a teenager (and I loved movie-musicals back then as I do now), but I'm trying to think how I would have reacted if I had seen that back then. And the smiles. My cheeks hurt just looking at the smiles!

Our stake is doing roadshows soon, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a little rapping, Brand-New-Year style.

[_harmony]

A couple of posts which will be entered into that book on high. But, God knows who the two of you are. These two posts are really over the top. Why don't the two of you go mock the way the Jews dress or the youth ministries of major Protestant pastors? What a low point for this board -- two people who claim to be active in the Church, mocking and pointing mocking fingers at people trying to do their best.

Really, how easy it is to mock the efforts of religious leaders to keep their kids away from drugs and sex. This presentation so mirrors the efforts of many other faiths and well-meaning people around the world.

We're rewarded with mocking comments about somebody's dress and appearance. Gee, I hope nobody judges me, my wife, my children or people I love and respect by the way they dress or the limits of their facial structures. Is there really any merit to the concept that one's rightness with God or with his or her fellow man is measured by the face she was born with or the clothes she wears?

Excuse me? A woman who is in charge of the young women of the church should, by definition, know how to dress appropriately for the occasion. And that light blue suit isn't it. Had she worn an appropriate dress, you'd have heard nothing from me. You notice I didn't criticize the YM's president. He was dressed appropriately. He can't help it that he has to wear a suit to everything. And his at least fit.

Personally, I think the kids were fine... I didn't find them any more cheesy than any other high school production. At least they were singing on key. I just felt sorry for the girls in those lame skirts (the shirts are very cute) and the poor boys wearing ties.

[_quaker]

The EFY cds were the brink of my tolerance for cheesy church sponsored stuff aimed at the youth.

I could not watch more than the first minute of the big new year song and dance video before I turned it off. I have had flashbacks since and I am left to wonder if this is what is helping the youth understand and internalize the gospel. If it is then I am way out of touch. But then again, I guess I always have been because I never went to any youth activities.

To me it was cheesy. I think there are smirks, and not exactly smiles, on the faces of a lot of the kids in the crowd :) I wonder how Brigham would have reacted if he had seen this.

[_harmony]

The EFY cds were the brink of my tolerance for cheesy church sponsored stuff aimed at the youth.

I could not watch more than the first minute of the big new year song and dance video before I turned it off. I have had flashbacks since and I am left to wonder if this is what is helping the youth understand and internalize the gospel. If it is then I am way out of touch. But then again, I guess I always have been because I never went to any youth activities.

To me it was cheesy. I think there are smirks, and not exactly smiles, on the faces of a lot of the kids in the crowd :) I wonder how Brigham would have reacted if he had seen this.

What exactly do you expect, from leaders the age of the Brethren?

[_rcrocket]

So, age, sex, the way somebody looks and dresses drives your assessment of their personal merit. Even to the point of accusing a youth worker of using Botox.

How about them Jews and their silly dress and hair style? How stupid are they? And that old man, the Pope? What a dope he is for being so old and for wearing silly outfits. Make sure a woman wears a dress rather than a business suit to be legitimate.

[_sunstoned]

I don’t know how you could produce a musical program targeted for young teens without it being a little cheesy. But that’s okay. After all it was targeted for the youth, and not the jaded middle crowd that frequent this board (I’m lumping myself into this group). I’m going to have to agree with Dave on this one. The production is serving its purpose.

[_TAK]

OMG.. fingernails on a chalkboard bad..
but hey - give the old white men credit for trying to pull that stale religion out of the 19th century. Ed Young it ain't ..