All the others attach myths to the man, such as they have him healing people, working miracles and raising from the dead. The music in J.C. Superstar is also emotionally moving & great. The movie makes me really appreciate Jesus the man. As for Jesus the god, that's the stuff of myths.
2007-03-06 06:01:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It certainly beats out Mel Gibson's masochistic, pietistic drivvel. JCSS shows Jesus as a very human, driven, understandable christ. Rice and Lloyd Webber's interpretations of Magdalen, the apostles, the Jewish leaders and Pilate, as free as they may be, also make sense. They're all human, with human wishes and worries. I can easily put myself in their place.
Omniscience and omnipotence makes for a very boring story, one we can't really identify with. A god with worries and uncertainties gives us hope in our own fumbling paths. And they indisputably based their material on the gospels.
When I was a young believer, I followed up the end of of the album with the overture from the Moody Blues' "Days of Future Past", stopping it just before the first word was spoken. (That really dates me.) It provided the missing "resurrection" for me. Now that I'm agnostic, I can still appreciate the raw emotion and intrigue of the JCSS interpretation, much more than the gilded, glazed versions that are delivered from the average pulpit.
2007-03-06 06:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible to separate the myth from the man, because all the texts that have been passed down to us are so thoroughly mythologized. For all we know, even some of the more mundane aspects of Jesus' life have been embellished or changed around, either deliberately (to promote some view of the early church fathers) or accidentally (due to the vagaries of the early oral tradition that had to keep his stories alive for decades before they were written down). Therefore, although I agree that this rendition is more plausible than most, I don't see a lot of value in arguing over which movie representation is most "faithful". We should appreciate Jesus Christ Superstar, and other high-quality interpretations of Jesus' life, for being a great story, not for being an accurate historical account.
2007-03-06 06:06:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rob Diamond 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not about Jesus Christ the son of God, it's about one of the New Age avatars. Jesus Christ is God and the King James Bible substantiates this which is why there have been so many versions of the bible produced (in this the last days before his return) which are used to undermine and poke holes in the one doctrine of salvation through the blood of the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.
2007-03-06 06:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, Jesus Christ superstar is not the most authentic. i do believe it was made to reach out to the outcasts. as a way of getting through to them that Jesus doesnt discriminate. He loves sinners, He loves you athiests... he loves baptists, buddhists, school teachers, doctors, prostitutes, even terrorists.
2007-03-06 06:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was an excellent telling of just what Weber said it was - how Judas saw Jesus. A classic example of somebody who got it totally wrong.
2007-03-06 06:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I saw it the day it came out; its the most inaccurate piece of garbage ever written.
Bad acting, bad script, low budget, you name it; its got it all.
2007-03-06 06:09:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I appreciate your enthusiasm!
Peace & Love
p.s. The music from "Godspell" is terrific, don't you think?
2007-03-06 06:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "no resurection" end was refreshing.
2007-03-06 06:05:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was downright blasphemous
2007-03-06 06:04:44 · answer #9 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋