I am a big fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber. My dad doesn't like him because of the broadway musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" I have to admit that I don't know the story line. Can someone give me a run down? And tell my if you think it's blasphamous.
2007-02-11 13:47:45 · 7 answers · asked by Always Hopeful 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The Broadway play was in the 60's and people were against the establishment. So many people saw it as blasphemous. It makes light of Jesus and Mary and race. I suggest you goggle it and read about the story OR go to the library and borrow the CD. There was also an off Broadway version that had Jesus in a Hitler role, a parody.
Songs I remember are the words to Superstar - Jesus Christ Superstar, who are you, what do you think you are, etc. So maybe your Dad thinks it insults Jesus.
So listen to the music and decide for yourself.
2007-02-11 13:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Essentially the story line is that Christ died, and how that came about. It is put into the form of a rock opera that has some beautiful music, although the play itself is just a little bit out there. It was also released as a movie set in the desert. I don't think that it's blasphemous, but then again I'm not a Christian. We watched the movie in Catholic school.
2007-02-11 13:57:10 · answer #2 · answered by jessetfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Biblical story of Christ's ministry put into a form of a rock opera. I am sure that many found it to be blasphemous and maybe even cheesy. However, for people who grew up in the Communist countries where religion was persecuted this was a film that people admired. From a few people I've heard that it actually led them to rediscover their Church.
2007-02-11 13:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say that yes they are influental but only because they are portraying there messege through music and music sometimes can be very spirituall, i am sure when he wrote jc superstar he probably had no idea the impact it would have but the characters were made real and people saw them with there own eyes, it may have been an interpretation of what one might have thought but the right spirit cam through when they performed thus making it truth because a higher being wanted it that way higher being being god, god uses people to get his messege across there no diffrent than a preacher per say
2016-05-23 23:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the death and resurrection of Christ put into rock opera form. I'm a born again christian and i dont think its blasphamous.
2007-02-11 13:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by dominiklalka 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I know it basically tells the story of what happened and is not blasphemous at all. My high school considered doing it and they're a very strict Catholic school.
2007-02-11 13:51:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sith Lord 13 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought so and that was back in the 70's when everything was ok.
2007-02-11 13:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋