Pop Culture
Broadway’s Last Acceptable Bigotry
Fifteen years on, Broadway still treats contempt toward Latter-day Saints as wit, and elite media still call it harmless fun.
Joel Campbell
April 17, 2026
Fifteen years on, Broadway still treats contempt toward Latter-day Saints as wit, and elite media still call it harmless fun.
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