William Shunn

Sep 23, 2022

3 min read

POST-MORMON STORIES

Why I Relate to Tyler Glenn’s “Trash”

Yes, the controversial music video defaces sacred LDS symbols, but in doing so it brings to visceral life the nightmare journey of the apostate.

In a dim, eerily lit hallway, a young bearded man with a hip haircut scowls at a defaced painting of the LDS prophet Joseph Smith.
Tyler Glenn confronts Joseph Smith and his insane aesthetician posse in a still from “Trash.”

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Writer, poet and puzzle maker. Hugo and Nebula Award finalist. Author of The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. He/him/Bill.

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Writer, poet and puzzle maker. Hugo and Nebula Award finalist. Author of The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary. He/him/Bill.

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