To: cyncooper
I disagree. When Judas sings the title song during the crucifixion, he is addressing a transfigured and risen Christ. How can anyone correctly make the resurrection and the crucifixion as being any kind of simultaneous event? Jesus Himself predicted and fulfilled His resurrection on the third day after His death on the cross.
To: Agamemnon
I said during the musical, Judas sings to him as he's being nailed to the cross. BUT, I didn't say the resurrection is depicted as taking place simultaneously. The words to "Jesus Christ Superstar" are set in present day. So the artistic conceit is that while Christ is being crucified Judas is debating the wisdom of when He came down to earth to become man at that particular point in time. And the Christ he sings to is glorified and radiant, not the dirty and disheviled Jesus we've been watching in the play.
"If you'd come today you could have reached a whole nation"
See? I disagree that the musical left him in the grave literally.
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02/24/2004 7:16:09 PM PST by
cyncooper
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