Be True to Who You Are!!

On my previous post you may have noticed that I said that I found a video I shot on the day of President Hinckley's funeral. I also found a video of the syndicated radio show host Glenn Beck talking about Pres. Hinckley and how he felt about him.

Here is the Glenn Beck video:

If you listen to AM radio, you most likely would know who Glenn Beck is. Glenn is a radio and television host, conservative political commentator, and writer. He has a nationally-syndicated radio show, The Glenn Beck Program and hosted a TV show on CNN that now will be broadcasted on FOX. But above all he is LDS. He has had a troubled past and found peace in the truth of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. He says that "God stalked me!... He had a giant baptismal rifle, I thwarted him. I led people astray as much I could but he kept putting Mormons in my way."

I had the chance to see the screenwriter of some of the most famous LDS movies (Singles Ward, The RM, etc) perform. His name is John Moyer. John is LDS and a stand up comedian.

Here is a picture of John Moyer:

He is actually not a bad comedian. He is a funny guy... But what struck me as odd was the fact that he being LDS, every so often would throw a few unnecessary distasteful words in his routine. I was just wondering, u know... Do we really have to give up what we believe in to be able to be successful, accepted and fit in? Did he really need to use some of the words he used?

Glenn Beck is a fairly well known public personality, and I believe that although it would be an excuse, in the scheme of popularity, Glenn Beck could have (in comparison) a reason to attempt to behave differently and maybe even a reason to bend his values a little in order to please his fans and listeners, and yet he doesn't... as you can see by he opening up, on national television, to share his feelings about the passing of Pres. Hinckley.

Don't get me wrong, John was not filthy as Chris Rock is, and yet one would expect nothing less than a completely clean performance from a LDS comic. I am not comparing Glenn Beck to John Moyer and I'm not saying that Glenn Beck will be called as the next General Authority... I guess I was just a little disappointed. Not so much with the fact that he used some inappropriate language, but that he used some inappropriate language when he did not have to. I guess I expected more of his performance because he is LDS.