THIS IS A PLAY I WENT TO AT THE SRJC THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PLAY THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. THE COMPOSER, ANDREW WEBBER, REMADE THIS ROCK MUSICAL ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1970 WITH A RAW DISTURBING EDGE. THESE YOUNG ACTORS DISPLAYED MUCH ANGER WHILE ON THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM. THE PLAY WAS IN AN URBAN WORLD LIKE OUR MAIN CITY STREETS. ONE SCENE WAS WITH VARIOUS CRIPPLED, BLIND, AND INJURED PEOPLE ASKING JESUS TO HEAL THEM. MOST ALL OF THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES SUNG VARIOUS SONGS - THEY ALL HAD MICROPHONES AND IT WAS LOUD!.
NONE OF THE SCENES WERE SPIRITUAL AS I HAD THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE. IT HAD A MESSAGE OF OUR HUMAN PERPETUAL HUNGER FOR EARTHLY CONTROL. ONE SCENE HAD EVERYONE SHOUTING "CRUCIFY HIM". IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL OPERA THAT DEFINITELY CLASHES WITH THE ANCIENT IDEA OF JESUS THE HEALER. THE LAST SCENE SHOWS HIM BEING WHIPPED BEFORE BEING NAILED TO THE CROSS AND DYING. IT WAS TOO BRUTAL FOR ME.
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