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Troy Williams @ Sunstone 2011: Thoughts on the Sacred and Profane

Chino Blanco, September 15, 2011September 16, 2011

Troy tried to buck me up after my latest mini-meltdown over l’affaire Lyman and it reminded me that I need to remember to catch Tabloid (91% “Fresh”!) at my earliest convenience. Here’s Troy riffin’ at Sunstone (go show their Youtube channel some love) on his role in the Errol Morris documentary and his thoughts on the Broadway Book of Mormon:

Enjoy.

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Comments (2)

  1. chanson says:
    September 16, 2011 at 2:24 am

    Excellent! Troy really hit it on the nose!

  2. Alan says:
    September 16, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    Glad to see Brooks responded to Mattingly. I love the line: “I bring my kids here to see God as a big, brown-skinned woman.” 😀

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