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SeattleUte · 04-08-2007, 08:18 PM

The biggest current LDS pop culture stars seem to me to be as follows:

Gordon B. Hinkley (seems to be more dynamic and worldly-wise than his predecessors)

Mitt Romney

Boyd K. Packer

The Huntsman Dynasty

Orson Scott Card

Orrin Hatch

Jefe

Larry Miller

About Gladys Knight--She's undeniabley an icon in pop music history, but don't you think she's not closely enough associated with LDS culture per se to qualify as an LDS pop culture superstar?

Archaea · 04-08-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The biggest current LDS pop culture stars seem to me to be as follows:

Gordon B. Hinkley (seems to be more dynamic and worldly-wise than his predecessors)

Mitt Romney

Boyd K. Packer

The Huntsman Dynasty

Orson Scott Card

Orrin Hatch

Jefe

Larry Miller

About Gladys Knight--She's undeniabley an icon in pop music history, but don't you think she's not closely enough associated with LDS culture per se to qualify as an LDS pop culture superstar?

You trolled in there.

Packer? Gimme a break. You must really hale from the Ozzy and Harriett crowd. I'm aware of nobody who idiolizes Elder Packer. They take note and some may agree, but he is not a pop star type persona. He has no strong personality.

Gladys Knight is probably one of the few with popstar type persona for both in and without. Yet she is the only one to have developed it from without before she developed a cause celebre within.

SeattleUte · 04-08-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

You trolled in there.

Packer? Gimme a break. You must really hale from the Ozzy and Harriett crowd. I'm aware of nobody who idiolizes Elder Packer. They take note and some may agree, but he is not a pop star type persona. He has no strong personality.

Gladys Knight is probably one of the few with popstar type persona for both in and without. Yet she is the only one to have developed it from without before she developed a cause celebre within.

Agree that Packer is the dark horse here. But seems to me Indy/Rocky/Lingo types must idolize him. He represents a dogmatic purity that to them is the ideal. Like it or not, they represnt the mainstream in the LDS fold, you and your tastes and sensitivities and values do not.

Archaea · 04-08-2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Agree that Packer is the dark horse here. But seems to me Indy/Rocky/Lingo types must idolize him. He represents a dogmatic purity that to them is the ideal. Like it or not, they represnt the mainstream in the LDS fold, you and your tastes and sensitivities and values do not.

No my tastes are most common and foul, of that I'm certain.

tooblue · 04-09-2007, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Packer? Gimme a break. You must really hale from the Ozzy and Harriett crowd. I'm aware of nobody who idiolizes Elder Packer. They take note and some may agree, but he is not a pop star type persona. He has no strong personality.

You know me, well at least the online me.

SteelBlue · 04-09-2007, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The biggest current LDS pop culture stars seem to me to be as follows:

Gordon B. Hinkley (seems to be more dynamic and worldly-wise than his predecessors)

Mitt Romney

Boyd K. Packer

The Huntsman Dynasty

Orson Scott Card

Orrin Hatch

Jefe

Larry Miller

About Gladys Knight--She's undeniabley an icon in pop music history, but don't you think she's not closely enough associated with LDS culture per se to qualify as an LDS pop culture superstar?

Unfortunately my list was far more accurate than yours.

SeattleUte · 04-09-2007, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

Unfortunately my list was far more accurate than yours.

You would know best. I agree the author of the Work and the Glory novels books belongs there. Never heard of the other shows/books.

At least I nailed the prior generation.

Jeff Lebowski · 04-09-2007, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The biggest current LDS pop culture stars seem to me to be as follows:

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Boyd K. Packer

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Boyd K. Packer? An LDS pop culture star? Now, that's funny.

YOhio · 04-09-2007, 01:49 AM

I neglected to mention the biggest LDS superstar, CS Lewis. I've heard him quoted more in church than either McConkie or Packer.

Solon · 04-09-2007, 01:51 AM

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I neglected to mention the biggest LDS superstar, CS Lewis. I've heard him quoted more in church than either McConkie or Packer.

Nice. Wasn't he the 13th apostle?

04-08-2007, 08:18 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	The biggest current LDS pop culture stars seem to me to be as follows: Gordon B. Hinkley (seems to be more dynamic and worldly-wise than his predecessors) Mitt Romney Boyd K. Packer The Huntsman Dynasty Orson Scott Card Orrin Hatch Jefe Larry Miller About Gladys Knight--She's undeniabley an icon in pop music history, but don't you think she's not closely enough associated with LDS culture per se to qualify as an LDS pop culture superstar? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

04-09-2007, 01:49 AM	#9
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	I neglected to mention the biggest LDS superstar, CS Lewis. I've heard him quoted more in church than either McConkie or Packer.