So.....you are the Chirst, the great Jesus Christ

[quote] Chirst

He's gonna smite you for that, OP.

Can I have your heathen stuff?

Jesus doesn't smite people, R1. He's chill.

Stay the fuck away from my swimming pool.

His dad isn't, R2. Angry and unforgiving.

One thing I’ll say for him, Jesus is cool.

Best part of that movie!

Alice made a fun Herod.

I bet I could sing that whole thing straight through, I listened to it so often when I was a kid.

But you know what my mother would say: I wouldn't brag about it.

Someone recently posted this. Very cool to see Murray Head performing it live.

Was he on the concept album, R8??

R9 yes! It was him on the concept album. But he never played Judas in a proper production.

My favorite musical!

My most memorable experience with the show was attending a production put on by a local community theater, which was more a " theater therapy" group that put on musicals. There were three Jesuses: a 30 something man, a middle-aged woman, and a 10 yr old boy. The director's note said that the multiple leads were to show that Jesus is within all of us, adult and child. I found out later from a cast member that this was not the reason for the casting. The show began with the man playing Jesus, but he couldn't vocally handle " Gethsemane," so they switched to the woman who , instead of belting in a rocker's voice, did it in head voice. She played the part until the crucifixion. The cast member said that the director insisted that the cross ascend ten feet into the air during the scene, but both the man and woman were too heavy, so he brought in the little boy who was strapped to the cross and hoisted into the air to the horror of the audience ( only Patsy Ramsey would have approved). Talk about non-traditional casting and terrible director's decisions.

I was on a flight from Nadi, Fiji to Taveuni (jealous, bitches?) yesterday, and listened to the original album for the first time in years. Really enjoyed it.

That’s hilarious,R12.

This thread wouldn't be complete without this jazzy number! It's so frickin' cool.

Alice Cooper did it best.

Herod’s attitude is much like Trump’s.

I love this movie

I have told this on another thread. My BFF was given one line to sing at a concert of the show. But when it came time to sing her line the microphone went out and so nobody heard her line. The singers needed mikes as it was done in a big arena. She was devastated, crying and asking me, "But you could hear me, right?"

PS she got me a comp seat but it was obstructive views. I was behind a pillar.

Well, apparently you didn't miss much, r19.

One thing I remember was the scene where all those people were being whipped and counting along. It was pure camp.

Or was it Jesus being whipped and the crowd was reacting. In hysterical poses?

R22 Jesus was the one being whipped

Oh yes.

I like Mostel's Herod the best.

Charlie Crist?

Blood and destruction, because of one man. Because, because, because of one man.