The "Mormon Mask"? - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

The "Mormon Mask"? - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast: "More visual examples of Mitt "overdoing it" here. I was chatting with a Mormon friend the other day and asking him what Mormons make of Mitt on this uncanny valley question. The phrase he came up with is "the Mormon mask." It's the kind of public presentation that a Mormon with real church authority deploys when dealing with less elevated believers, talking to them, and advising them. The cheery aw-shucks fake niceness in person is a function in part, some believe, of the role he has long played in the church: always a leader."

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Oh Andrew! Why does anyone take you seriously?