Big love starts tonight in the UK.........yeahhhhhhh

by equinox 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • equinox
    equinox
    I watched this series when I lived abroad. For anyone who doesnt know about it, its about a mormon man who decides to become a polygamist after years of being married to one woman. I loved this series. Its on SKY atlantic at 9.pm As I missed the first few programmes Im looking forward to watching it from the pilot show.

    It does have a few similarities to JWs although a bit extreme

  • equinox
    equinox

    Sorry double post

  • misanthropic
    misanthropic

    I'm catching up on Season 4 still, love watching it although it gives me the willys a little.

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    I love Big Love, although I think the decision to end the series this season was wise. The writing is ebbing. It is over the top. No one could life so on the edge constantly. The polygamist, Bill, is painted as sympathetic on the surface. He has this veneer of normaltiy. Now I see him as nutty as the other polygamists. The Mormon church must hate it.

    The parallels to the Witnesses are obvious. It would be nice if Witnesses taught the prosperity ethic that the LDS church teaches. I live on the East Coast so I am curious. If I lived in Utah, I'd hate them and their culture. When I'm drawn into the family, they seem like a family. A wider view makes me see them as Witnesses, hostage to beliefs. I'm glad HBO took some effort to write this in a well-crafted fashion.

    I've read some blogs by Mormons about BIg Love. Evidently, it doesn't accurately reflect Mormonism. Larger issues are focused on Mormonism. He is so obviously truly married to his first wife. HIs marriage was monogamous until his wife had life-threatening cancer.

    I enjoy it but I look forward to the next HBO show. Also, I am so very grateful that Witnesses were not used so I can relax and enjoy the entertainment without going thru kleenex.

  • Gayle
    Gayle

    I am entertained by the show. Though tiring of it recently. But the same as JWs, the FLDS have "The Principle" at all costs, and JWs have their "The Truth" at all costs,,both full of contradictions, controversy, grief and insanity.

  • misanthropic
    misanthropic

    The Mormon church must hate it.

    I'm sure they do. I have a friend who's mormon & I always want to ask her what she thinks of it but don't have the nerve.

    I love how they say, "Heavenly Father" this and that about everything. I watched the episode tonight where Ana says to her fiance, "That crazy lady wants me to drink the kool-Aid again". Definitely JW similarities with some of it.

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