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Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
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Cyberpunkd
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Not if she wants to die.
FatallyYours
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She's gonna get crucified
Complistic
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Good one
JimmyRustler
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The ultimate disrespect. What a joke…
Unbelievable how Hollywood goes out of their way to not offend any religion except Christendom, where they go all in with the insults.
Unbelievable how Hollywood goes out of their way to not offend any religion except Christendom, where they go all in with the insults.
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Angry_Megalodon
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That will be for the second part of this new cinematic universe.
Being so pro Palestine sure she will.
ssringo
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Jesus Christ Superstar - Wikipedia
There's been tons of productions of the show over the years including all female and all black casts. It's a nothing burger but I'm sure outrage farmers will have fun with it.
Deft Beck
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Jesus Christ Superstar - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
There's been tons of productions of the show over the years including all female and all black casts. It's a nothing burger but I'm sure outrage farmers will have fun with it.
It's just like Shakespeare. The actor is less important than the interpretation of the character.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Hopefully Sydney Sweeney plays Mary or even better, Joseph.
Has there ever been an all white cast of Hamilton? (Outside of a school production, perhaps)Jesus Christ Superstar - Wikipedia
There's been tons of productions of the show over the years including all female and all black casts. It's a nothing burger but I'm sure outrage farmers will have fun with it.
Curious how well that would be received.
But stage plays, in general, are where I give the greatest leeway for "interpretive license".
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Hari Seldon
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Is this just a one-off show or are they pro-shooting this for a theater release? I'm not sure what the Hollywood Bowl is. A one-off show is a who-gives-a-fuck. A pro-shot version of Jesus Christ Superstar would be strange, that wouldn't make any money even if it was casted "perfectly". Better pick a more popular musical. Unless they are doing this intentionally to be controversial, which would be very 1992 of them.
Edit: This is just for 3 shows, this is "who-gives-a-shit" territory. She was probably the best and most popular musical theater actress they could land for this, especially because she will give it buzz for Wicked.
Edit: This is just for 3 shows, this is "who-gives-a-shit" territory. She was probably the best and most popular musical theater actress they could land for this, especially because she will give it buzz for Wicked.
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Shaki12345
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Ted Neeley is the ONLY Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.
And WTF is this news? A woman? My GOD we are so doomed.
And WTF is this news? A woman? My GOD we are so doomed.
Shaki12345
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Except this is NOT a guy.
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DeepEnigma
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Ah yes, Hollywood, the continued mockery of just one of the 3 Abrahamic religions.
So original, so stunning, so brave.
So original, so stunning, so brave.
RoboFu
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but who cares really? are they preaching that jesus was a woman ? like i said its an old show that no one really cares about anymore.. in fact it needs something crazy to keep it going. so again I say good luck to them.
also to be clear this is not a devote religious show. Christians have been hating it since it started.
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DeceptiveAlarm
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Jesus Christ
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Balds have rights too.
IntentionalPun
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I mean it’s a single performance of a play, it’s not that big of a deal. Historically plays are a bit all over the place on these things.
It’s also only loosley based on biblical stories in the first place. (And she’s not the first woman to play Jesus in this play)
It’s also only loosley based on biblical stories in the first place. (And she’s not the first woman to play Jesus in this play)
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DonkeyPunchJr
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The Gospels were always queer and woke.
Dr.Morris79
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Does anyone expect anything less from those demonic pricks in La la land though?
Don't forget The Book of Mormon! Are the Latter day saints really following Jesus?
TheInfamousKira
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It'll be a miracle if this goes over positively.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
They understandably have a healthy aversion to losing their heads, and things that go kaboom.
lughnasadh123
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Meanwhile from those from my side of the religious aisle...
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Does this really matter? Nolan has cast Zendaya Coleman in The Odyssey that is a much bigger travesty.
Idleyes
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Mr Reasonable
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It does seem a strange choice, she must be fielding all sorts of lucrative offers at the moment given the popularity of Wicked.
I wonder if it's literally that she's got passion (of the Christ) for doing some onstage theatre, there's a window in her schedule, it represents a smaller time commitment than another movie. (I don't know how much rehearsal time it might need but Google thinks about a month) and this will be a bit of a spectacle that'll give her reason to be spoken about away from Wicked which has a sequel releasing a couple of months later.
Limited run, big star, novelty of a stage play at the Bowl.
Take into account that theatre tickets are quite expensive, if they can get people to pay $200 a seat at the 17500 capacity Bowl, (and if they allocate seating/sections somehow they'll be able to charge more for the good seats) then they'll bring in $10.5M if they sell out.
Google thinks Erivo got a million for Wicked. She could easily walk away with more for a month's work here.
Seems like a pretty good idea in that context.
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Makoto-Yuki
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isn't that her that got upset because someone made a photoshop ? 
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