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Interestingly Mormons are 2% of the US population (twice the Muslim %), and I can't think of a single openly Mormon character in any TV show I've ever seen.
by bpodgursky 5y ago
Interestingly Mormons are 2% of the US population (twice the Muslim %), and I can't think of a single openly Mormon character in any TV show I've ever seen.
- quickthrowman 5y agoAside from HBO’s ‘Big Love’ I can’t think of any non-comedy fictions shows featuring Mormons.
- selimthegrim 5y agoStarship Troopers but they were more of a "Black man dies first in horror movie" type role.
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- chromaton 5y agoGary on South Park. Of course, that was 18 years ago. There's also a few very minor Mormon characters on The Expanse.
- tomjakubowski 5y agoThe Mormon characters are minor, for sure, but their mission plays a huge plot role. The Nauvoo!
- chromaton 5y agoYeah, there's also a lot of Mormon-themed artwork and symbolism on the Nauvoo as well.
- nitrogen 5y agoThere have been movies, such as The Other Side of Heaven. But as a former Mormon myself I think entertainment is more interesting if it focuses on what we have in common despite our differences, rather than focusing solely on amplifying differences.
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- whimsicalism 5y agoCole on House, Big Love?
- imbnwa 5y agoThey have a whole state to themselves and they're pre-dominantly white. Mormons also produce their own media, they're in the middle of making a multi-part Book of Mormon series. They're an insuluar sect much like Jehovah's Witnesses, so they're not _demanding_ mainstream representation on principle, much like the Amish. Not to say you're not touching on the question of _why_ we're so enthusiastic in media representation for those of the Islamic faith however, but the Mormons are a pretty open and shut case
- 8note 5y agoMitt Romney shows up in all kinds of tv shows on fox news
- epage 5y agoThe Expanse had a generation ship for Mormons and a main character has a conversation with a Mormon on a transport ship.