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Thursday, February 4th, 2010 @ 7:10AM

Avenue Q plays til Sunday

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I would appreciate it if you would read this question to Richie on the air.

I find it quite hypocritical that Richie will go and see live
productions such as Avenue-Q that he is well aware of have strong
language and adult material, however he refuses to see rated R movies.
What is the difference here?

It seems like he is selectively choosing which religious choices to
follow versus all of them across the board like a good return
missionary should.

Thanks for letting me listen.

Scott

Let me start off by saying that at no point do I represent or claim to represent the views of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or its leaders.  The thoughts and feelings that I express are solely my personal beliefs and at no point are meant to represent anyone else.

I did go to Avenue Q on Tuesday night.  I found it to be very entertaining. I think that the acting, staging, costuming and lighting were very well done. There were many parts of the show that I was fascinated from just a technical aspect.

That being said there were several points of the show that contained “Mature Content.” Even though I knew that Avenue Q had a lot “Questionable” material I decided that I would still go based on the theatres warning that no one under the age of 13 should attend.  I watched the show and there were parts of the show that were in fact very adult.

Once I made the decision to watch the show it would have had to have been extremely offensive in order to get me to leave. I find that people who leave theatre shows are very rude, or extremely close minded. Some of the greatest theatre productions that I have attended are those that make me uncomfortable and in the end have a redeeming quality.

Avenue Q is not for everyone, and is certainly “mature”, but I found it to be very enjoyable and despite this “controversy” I am still glad that I went. That said, I have seen it and have moved on.

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