Email: copyeditor.camsel@catholictt.org. Twitter: @SimoneECDel. Every Lent for the past four years, I do this strange thing: I return to the 1973 film Jesus Christ, Superstar. The self-aware rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which has enjoyed success around the world for over 40 years, examines the key relationships in Jesus’ life leading
Yeah, I could see how the Roman Catholic Church wasn’t exactly thrilled when “Jesus Christ Superstar” became a Broadway sensation, when Time magazine featured Jesus in a glittering robe and
t. e. " More popular than Jesus " [nb 1] is part of a remark made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview in which he argued that the public were more infatuated with the band than with Jesus and that Christian faith was declining to the extent that it might be outlasted by rock music. His opinions drew little controversy when
Was this the production where Jesus has an acoustic guitar that he doesn’t really play? I love Jesus Christ superstar, but I’m pretty sure I saw this production in Feb 2020 and was thoroughly unimpressed by it. Also pretty sure Ivo Van Hove doesn’t have anything to do with this production, his superstar is happening next year in Amsterdam
The hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar was endorsed for the first time by the Vatican yesterday - ending three decades of Roman Catholic ire against its authors, Tim Rice and Lord
SUPERSTAR has little outright strong cursing, but it is burdened by an overabundance of vicious insults and sophomoric, vulgar sight gags. It lacks originality and humor. SUPERSTAR’S portrayal of religion is surprisingly benign for a spoof set in a Catholic high school. The priest is generally a little wacky, but so is everyone else.
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