#jcs 2014

[hikaruchen]

This is the second time I see someone commenting they thought it was Jesus and Judas in my alhtred work. Interesting that you mention them bc I DID draw quite some Judas/Jesus arts when I was super into Jesus Christ Superstar, which was roughly in 2019-2020 lol

This is the 2014 swedish production, aka the the one that every apostle is chaotic metalhead and Jesus and Judas themselves are hella gay, you can watch it on youtube with eng subtitles

Seriously do swedish ppl read different bibles or something cause wtf is this

[iivari-ii]

Haven’t actively listened to JCS for a while but got the urge to make some new silly memes so🤲🤲

[jesuschristsouperstar]

chat is this accurate

[agayattheaces]

Universal Jesus Stance

Ted Neeley (1973 Film) / Ben Forster (2012 Arena Tour) / Paul Nolan (2012 Broadway Revival) / Glenn Carter (2000 Film) / John Legend (2018 Live In Concert) / Ola Salo (2014 Swedish Tour) / Jeff Fenholt (1971 Broadway) / Steve Balsamo (1996 London)

[airitree]

Instead of working on my thesis, I am drawing Swedish christ superstar... I should not have spent that much time drawing a shopping cart.

[foronelittlekiss]

thinking about immortal judas (what better way to damn somebody than making them live with their choices?)

[jedas]

broke: Jesus never felt attraction to anyone because lust is a sin and he was sinless

woke: Jesus and Judas were gay for each other

bespoke: Jesus was in a polycule with all of the disciples (because love isn’t fucking sinful!) but Judas isn’t as poly as he thought he was and desperately wants Jesus to go exclusive with him. Jesus just wasn’t built monogamous. Misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and betrayals ensue and then they both die about it

[alyssumcamellia]

I've been thinking a lot about how I would've directed an actor playing Jesus if I had been in charge on a production, because it's so difficult. You've got a Jesus who, if you follow the premise that Judas puts forward in Heaven on their Minds, is a hedonistic, callous man who has lost his cause and indulges in the crowd. The Swedish Arena Tour (2014) uses this angle. Something that that production does, which you of course must do, is give him a realization at around Simon Zealotes that the crowd is too violent and that Judas was right.

Other productions make Jesus just a calm, smiling man through the whole play, who suddenly erupts with mean and "selfish" lyrics. This has always given me pause. There are two main issues I have with this interpretation. The first one is as mentioned, that his lyrics seem discordant with his general demeanor. My second issue it that the interpretation is boring and makes Jesus a static character, and it is bad theatre. I saw the current Norwegian production, and Jesus was unfortunately boring to watch because they went with this angle.

I, therefore, find it so weird that so many productions go with the second version. I think it is because they are lazy cowards who don't think about how they want to portray their characters in a way that makes sense. They know how Jesus is from the Bible and general culture, and don't think anymore about it. I think that is a real shame. That is the beauty about JCS, that you have to interpret the characters. You have to strike the balance in Jesus between hedonistic and pious, and explore Judas and his dilemma, his anger, and his frustration. If you wanted to show a musical where you didn't have to think, you could show Phantom of the Opera.

The difficulty of interpreting Jesus is striking the balance between these two versions of the character. (If you want to give it a single thought when putting on the show). I like the balance in JCS 2000. They have out thought into how Jesus should be, and I find the his indifference to Judas during Heaven on their Minds intriguing.

(I don't have any credentials or experience, with theatre, I just love JCS, and I am tired of not seeing it done justice)

[greenvertumna]

2014 judas’s character arc is just: suspects bf of cheating, catches the bf cheating, gets bf arrested in retaliation, realizes that this might have been an overreaction, kills self, sets foot in hell, immediately thinks “worth it actually,” returns to earth to gloat.

[bazzleman]

hello jcs fans i come bearing swedas

[haruzsblog-blog]

[kazokunarou]

𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙐𝙎 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀

Whiplash、曲名だけジーザスすぎる

[iivari-ii]

eueeuugegegghh finally got around to making some more of these, please enjoy 🤲🤲

[jedeyes]

does he love me too?

[agayattheaces]

Jesus Christ Superstar + AO3 tags

[yirafter]

Weeeeeee