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heterosexual, and Mack's second musical number urges Jimmy to join him and his gang
for the pleasures of summer. Jimmy's friends not only strip the purpose from sexual
pleasure but they also encourage indulgence in such pleasures. These pleasures include
"a place where we can get it together" and "building a world with no more fences."
Mack and his gang present a desire for no boundaries, which might include cultural
boundaries of sexuality, and though each member of the gang appears to take pleasure in
members of the opposite sex, their heterosexuality is very different than the
heterosexuality of Jimmy's parents as well as the romance between Julie and Todd.
Julie and Todd work to develop the cult of true manhood and womanhood that is
described by Katz, which can form a true love. This nineteenth-century element of true
love justifies the heterosexual coupling of Julie and Todd who do not reproduce within
the narrative since they meet at the end of the movie. Saturday's Warrior is one of the
first narratives to romanticize Mormon theology in such a way that it assumes premortal
spirits can experience a heterosexual desire in the premortal realm insomuch to form
couplings that can continue in the earthly realm. Though some orthodox Mormons are
not comfortable with the questionable assumptions of doctrine that Saturday's Warrior
presents, which also includes Pam's return to the premortal realm after her death, the
movie certainly presents the perspective of heterosexuality that Mormon audiences are
comfortable to see.
Todd and Julie are young and learning how to develop their true manhood or
womanhood in order to finally find one another to fulfill their true love. In fact, Todd
literally has a talent for sketching people in the way that they "could be," which suggests

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