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| re: Jesus Christ, John Legend | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:47 pm EST 12/19/17 | |
| In reply to: Jesus Christ, John Legend - GrumpyMorningBoy 03:10 pm EST 12/19/17 | |
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| "It blows my mind how many church-based 'theater troupes' continue to perform this show, despite the fact that it essentially presents Jesus as merely human." But does it? I've always thought JCS is open to interpretation on this point -- or a more negative way to phrase it is that it's confused on this point. For example, Judas's perspective -- which he states more than once -- is that Jesus is merely human, not the son of God. But then, in the title song, Judas sings: "You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned. Why'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land? If you'd come today you could have reached a whole nation; Israel in 4 B.C. had no mass communication." Well, if Jesus had the ability to choose when he was born, wouldn't that mean he'd have to be the son of God, or at least something more than mortal man? |
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| re: Jesus Christ, John Legend | |
| Posted by: IvyLeagueDropout 10:29 pm EST 12/19/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Jesus Christ, John Legend - Michael_Portantiere 03:47 pm EST 12/19/17 | |
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| One of the key reasons the show fails in the drama department, I think, is that it really doesn't take a point of view. Imagine a "Crucible" where Arthur Miller was an agnostic on the proceedings. JC:S I think would have been far better served to either be resolutely pro or anti Jesus's teachings. It is so meandering. I learned to turn off my brain and just enjoy the music. | |
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| Agreed | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 09:16 am EST 12/20/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Jesus Christ, John Legend - IvyLeagueDropout 10:29 pm EST 12/19/17 | |
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| Agreed, it's hella muddy and confused. I really don't think Sir Andrew and Tim Rice imagined that it'd explode the way it did -- maybe they'd have put more thought into it. I'm still willing to say that JCS remains rather secular, on the whole, because the show doesn't feature Jesus's most 'showy' miracles -- water to wine, loaves & fishes, Lazarus back from the dead -- or the classic resurrection scenes (empty tomb, Jesus with holes in his hands, etc.) The title song essentially asks a question, rather than making a statement. "Do you think you're what they say you are?" - GMB |
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