Right now I am marking Good Friday by watching the 2012 Jesus Christ Superstar (the one with Tim Minchin as Judas). In spite for some theological issues with how it portrays Mary Magdalene (you never see a fiction Magdalene who is (or is even in a position to) financially supports Jesus and the disciples rather than being all downtrodden and needing rescuing) I really love JCS and wished I’d been able to see this version (so far Judas is unsuprisingky excellent, Jesus is both weirdly bland and too aggressive and Caiaphas has an amazing voice). I was hoping the 90’s Radio version would get repeated too but it’s not scheduled over the Easter weekend...
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Right now I am marking Good Friday by watching the 2012 Jesus Christ Superstar (the one with Tim Minchin as Judas). In spite for some theological issues with how it portrays Mary Magdalene (you never see a fiction Magdalene who is (or is even in a position to) financially supports Jesus and the disciples rather than being all downtrodden and needing rescuing) I really love JCS and wished I’d been able to see this version (so far Judas is unsuprisingky excellent, Jesus is both weirdly bland and too aggressive and Caiaphas has an amazing voice). I was hoping the 90’s Radio version would get repeated too but it’s not scheduled over the Easter weekend...