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This has been under discussion in other Mormon-tinged forums (and
elsewhere), but solutions to the problems raised are more likely to be found here.
I have never been a big tv-watcher, but my wife talked me into watching the premier episode of Pushing Daisies and we haven't missed one since--even though we had to catch the Halloween episode
online.
Anyway, a few episodes in appeared a character named Wilfred Woodruff. A startling name for the Mormon viewer to be sure. The next week sported a character named Lemuel--not a name that would normally catch my attention, but following on the heels of Wilfred Woodruff....
Then, in this week's episode, polygamists. Over on
BCC, people have been calling the first wife's decor "Celestial Room chic" and the site of their marriages Salt Lake Templesque, but that requires some projection, perhaps.
What did not require projection is the wife who doesn't drink caffeine.
Now, none of these things, alone, means anything. But coming with the frequency that they do, it raises questions. The most common theory I've heard/read is that one of the writers is Mormon.
I don't agree. I think the writer guilty of injecting these Mormon references is neither presently nor formerly Mormon. To me, they seem like in-jokes from a guy who has lots of Mormon friends. But who can say?
Is creator Bryan Fuller Mormon? Do story editors Kath Lingenfelter, Dara Resnik Creasey, and Chad Gomez Creasey hang out at the Peet's across from my ward building? Is second assistant director Greg Hale one of
those Hales?
Anybody got an in on this mystery?
