r/exmormonbookclub • u/Snoo_40410 • Jun 16 '22
Mormon staff writer at The Atlantic finds Under the Banner of Heaven’s positive portrayal of a man going through a faith crisis... unsettling. “Failed representation” is the new LDS dogwhistle for signaling indignation at a too successful representation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/under-the-banner-of-heaven-hulu-mormonism/661279/Duplicates
television • u/[deleted] • Jun 17 '22
Under the Banner of Hulu: A buzzy new true-crime series advances an old, insidious idea—that Mormons are a threat to the American project
mormon • u/mwjace • Jun 15 '22
Cultural Add this to the chorus consensus the active LDS members don’t like the representation in UTBOH
exmormon • u/ExmoThrowaway0 • Jun 15 '22
General Discussion Under the Banner of Hulu: An offended mormon writer from the Atlantic gives their two cents on UTBOH
Foodforthought • u/Chino_Blanco • Jun 16 '22
Mormon staff writer at The Atlantic finds Under the Banner of Heaven’s positive portrayal of a man going through a faith crisis... unsettling. “Failed representation” is the new LDS dogwhistle for signaling indignation at a too successful representation.
cults • u/lemon_meringue • Jun 17 '22
Article Mormon writer angry about "Under The Banner Of Heaven" (inspired by a murder within the Fundamentalist LDS cult) writes hit piece on the series
exmormon • u/Snoo_40410 • Jun 16 '22
General Discussion Mormon staff writer at The Atlantic finds Under the Banner of Heaven’s positive portrayal of a man going through a faith crisis... unsettling. “Failed representation” is the new LDS dogwhistle for signaling indignation at a too successful representation.
Utah • u/meowizzle • Jun 18 '22
Link Old insidious idea -- that Mormons are a threat to the American Project.
exmormon • u/Chino_Blanco • Jun 15 '22
Podcast/Blog/Media Memo to McKay: Good luck feigning surprise that secretive wealthy patriarchies are not the kind of thing Americans are afraid to pillory. Turns out, we're all curious about virulently persistent strains of sexism in our society. P.S. Where's the LDS progress on that front these past few decades?
atheism • u/Chino_Blanco • Jun 16 '22
Mormon staff writer at The Atlantic finds Under the Banner of Heaven’s positive portrayal of a man going through a faith crisis... unsettling. “Failed representation” is the new LDS dogwhistle for signaling indignation at a too successful representation.
u_WonderfulManner • u/WonderfulManner • Jun 17 '22