The statement says that before the first season of "Big Love" aired more than two years ago, HBO executives promised the church that the series wouldn't be aboutMormonism. But the church argues that "Mormon themes are now being woven into the show" and that Mormon characters are often "u...
Olsen and Will Scheffer’s provocative series about a fundamentalist Mormon and his three wives in suburban Utah approached the hot-button topic of polygamy with less of a political agenda than an acute understanding of human nature. It was only natural that Bill Hendrickson (Bill Paxton) would ...
“The Mormon church officially banned the practice of polygamy in 1890,” HBO emphasized, repeating a disclaimer that will run after every episode. HBO spokesmanQuentin Schafferexplains that while “some polygamists identify as Mormons,” the church “doesn’t recognize them.” Schaffer learned this ...