Divine Comedy (BYU)
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Divine Comedy is a sketch comedy
group sponsored by Brigham Young University
. It is known for its parodies of Mormon
culture. It also conducts other parodies, for instance their parody of Katy Perry's song firework firebolt.
The group began in 1994 when a pair of BYU students joined together to form a "clean" comedy group. The cast changes from year to year as students leave and join the organization.
One prominent former member is Brandon Mull
, author of the popular FableHaven series.
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
group sponsored by Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
. It is known for its parodies of Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...
culture. It also conducts other parodies, for instance their parody of Katy Perry's song firework firebolt.
The group began in 1994 when a pair of BYU students joined together to form a "clean" comedy group. The cast changes from year to year as students leave and join the organization.
One prominent former member is Brandon Mull
Brandon Mull
Brandon Mull is an American writer who is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series, which is a New York Times' bestseller. Mull has also written The Candy Shop War...
, author of the popular FableHaven series.