Jesus Christ Superstar

The Broadway show and subsequent productions were condemned by some religious groups. Tim Rice was quoted as saying “It happens that we don’t see Christ as God but simply the right man at the right time at the right place.”

Some Christians considered such comments to be blasphemous, the character of Judas too sympathetic and some of his criticisms of Jesus offensive.The musical’s lack of allusion to the resurrection of Jesus has resulted in criticism similar to that of fellow musical Godspell, which also did not clearly depict the resurrection.

At the same time, some Jews claimed that it bolstered the antisemitic belief that the Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death by showing most of the villains as Jewish (Caiaphas and the other priests, Herod) and showing the crowd in Jerusalem calling for the crucifixion. The musical was banned in South Africa for being “irreligious”. A 1972 production of the play was banned in the Hungarian People’s Republic for “distribution of religious propaganda”.

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Claudio Fabian Guevara

Periodista y docente de origen argentino. Doctor en Sustentabilidad, Desarrollo y Turismo por la Universidad de Guadalajara. Fundador de El Nuevo Cronista de Argentina y de Diario de Vallarta & Nayarit. Colaborador de diversos medios de comunicación a nivel internacional.

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