Jeffrey Epstein now referenced in The Book Of Mormon

Entertainment Weekly reports that, as of yesterday, writers Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker revised one lyric to reference Jeffrey Epstein, changing it from Jeffrey Dahmer. The tweak comes in the act one song “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream,” which lists a whole bunch of people that Elder Price expects to see in Hell: Genghis Khan, Hitler, Johnnie Cochran, and now Epstein. “We spent three months on the rewrite and it was finally here tonight,” said Parker. 

Parker, Stone, and potentially Lopez are going to be performing in the show come June for what they’re calling “Magical Mormon Mystery Week,” along with original cast members Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Rory O’Malley, and Nikki M. James. The show previously changed some of its content in 2020 following protests of George Floyd’s murder by the police, and those changes were far more substantial. Per The New York Times, the show rewrote some scenes to give the Ugandan characters more agency and to “clarify the satire,” in the words of reporter Michael Paulson.