{"id":1784,"date":"2009-03-10T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2010-08-10T16:51:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T23:51:51","slug":"big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Love to Show Temple Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big Love, the HBO drama about a polygamous family living in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, is rumoured to be airing an episode next week (15 March) that will feature scenes and events from the mainstream LDS Temple ceremony.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We researched it out the wazoo,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says [executive producer Mark] Olsen, who along with executive producer Will Scheffer hired an ex-Mormon consultant to help the set and wardrobe designers re-create even the tiniest details. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We go into the endowment room and the celestial room [areas of the temple], and we present what happens in those ceremonies. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been shown on television before,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Olsen. Adds Scheffer, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not for shock value. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really a very important part of the story.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The church has issued a <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.lds.org\/ldsnewsroom\/eng\/commentary\/the-publicity-dilemma\">response<\/a> to the unwelcome publicity stating basically that no official protest against the show will be forthcoming but that members are free to boycott as they see fit.<\/p>\n<p>As someone that watches the show regularly, I am surprised by the move, since the show doesn&#8217;t really centre itself on mainstream beliefs and the temple ceremony can&#8217;t possibly be necessary as &#8220;a very important part of the story&#8221;&#8212;it&#8217;s quite the publicity stunt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2006\/03\/29\/big-love\/\">Previously<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Love, the HBO drama about a polygamous family living in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Love to Show Temple Ceremony<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,36,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-polygamy","category-temple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Love to Show Temple Ceremony<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big Love to Show Temple Ceremony\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Big Love, the HBO drama about a polygamous family living in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, is &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-10T15:35:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-08-10T23:51:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeff Milner\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff Milner\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\",\"name\":\"Big Love to Show Temple Ceremony\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-10T15:35:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-08-10T23:51:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/025ff7ef99625765714bb2875aa800db\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/03\/10\/big-love-to-show-temple-ceremony\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/025ff7ef99625765714bb2875aa800db\",\"name\":\"Jeff Milner\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1875071dd98e71b97ad9f600d118a1e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1875071dd98e71b97ad9f600d118a1e5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeff Milner\"},\"description\":\"I'm a thirty-something year old guy from Southern Alberta. 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