Posted on 03/31/2018 6:51:11 AM PDT by Simon Green
Looking forward to this.
I’ve never been a fan of JCSS, so I won’t be watching this production. But after its over I will check YouTube for Alice Cooper’s scene. That, I want to see.
Hope they do a better job than was done on “A Christmas Story” by FOX last year.
But moving to a more positive “NOTE”, it is fantastic that there are a few places in the main stream of deniers that have noticed the public is screaming for Faith based entertainment. With what has been offered on the big and small screens, baby steps are seen that are encouraging.
This production was written by two ungodly men who did not believe that Jesus Christ was God incarnate.
Tim Rice had this to say about Jesus Christ:
“For me it obviously indicates that, Christ was just a super-prophet who - a fantastic man, who made a big mark on his time, and we dont really know all that much about him. The fact that an awful lot happened in Christs life that could easily be legend, I dont think diminishes the importance of the legend. But, I think, as the years roll on, in the 20th and 21st centuries, I think less and less people are going to think of Christ as a god, and I think more people are going to see him as a generally good thing. I dont see him as a god at all, and the opera doesnt categorically say he wasnt but I think it leaves the question very open.”
This is just liberal drivel to water down the Biblical and Holy Jesus.
Hmmm. Black Jesus.
At one point it shows Jesus utterly unable to cope with the sick people. “There’s too many of you”! Borderline blasphemous junk.
I sometimes refer to it as Judas Superstar.
It makes a mockery of Christians.
And finally, it stops abruptly at the death on the Cross, when in fact it was when he rose from the dead that things really started to happen
me too! I still remember all the songs.
One of Webber’s best scores.
No one could scream like Ian Gillian.
I remember all the lyrics.
It was also cowardice. Rice didnt want the work or himself to be tagged as Christian. It would pigeonhole him.
Andrew Lloyd Webber discusses his intent in making Jesus Christ Superstar in these recent article:
https://www.religion-online.org/article/andrew-lloyd-webber-from-superstar-to-requiem/
Webber himself is actually politically conservative, though not particularly religious.
He has said many times tha JCS is not really directly about the person of Jesus than about how Jesus was/is perceived by others. It is about the last week in the life of Jesus as viewed through through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.
More specifically, one of the main questions explored in JCS is the role of Judas, whether he was fated to assume his notorious role and whether, in a manner of speaking, Judas was an instrument of God’s plan. Those are questions that have been explored for two millenia by mainstream Christian theologians.
How is it cowardice for someone who isn't a Christian not to want to be labeled as such?
Describing his religion, Rice stated in a 1982 interview, "Technically I'm Church of England, which is really nothing. But I don't follow it. I wouldn't say I was a Christian.
Yep
The Movie on DVD was entirely
Filmed in Israel.
Discernment Is Required!
I will be singing along.
Frankly, I think JCS served to soften Christians’ brains, rather than inspire people to join the Faith.
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