Really? The Gospel According to Britney Spears?

Webber was 23-years old when he famously staged the rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which debuted on Broadway in 1971. Blute, a 23-year-old Columbia University grad, is the creator of “Spears The Musical – The Gospel According to Britney,” for which there is a funders preview this week.

“Jesus Christ Superstar” was fairly faithful to the Gospel account of the last week in the earthly life of Christ before He went to be with the Father. It featured such notable songs as “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Gethsemane,” and, of course, “Superstar,”with music by Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

‘The Gospel According Britney,’ on the other hand, is Blute’s twisted account of the greatest story ever told, which he conveys through the songs of Spears, including ‘Stronger,’ Crazy,’ ‘Lucky,’ and ‘One More Time.’

“These are Britney’s lyrics,” said Blute. “These are Britney’s lyrics. The Britney Spears you see is not Britney Spears. The Jesus Christ you read is no Jesus Christ. These are manifestations. Accounts through the media, through the words of followers, of friends, of foes, of villains, of heroes, of liars, of biases.’

The tell-tale word Blute uses is “‘biases.” The native of San Francisco – Sodom on the Pacific – perceives those of us who hold fast to traditional Christian values – like the sanctity of life and marriage strictly between man and woman – as foes. We are villains. We are liars. We are biased.

Blute prefers his own version of the Gospel, where anything goes, no matter how unGodly; where all are automatically absolved of sins – without confession, without repentance – by “the power of forgiveness.”

That’s not the Gospel to which true Christ followers subscribe, who are informed by the words of the Apostle Paul: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Blute is an idol worshipper who has made Britney his personal Jesus, like all too many of her 33.6 million Twitter followers.

He no doubt hopes his bizarre, sacrilegious tribute to Britney will somehow endear him to the pop star – because she is gay friendly. But he may very well find that just the opposite occurs – not the least because Blute has appropriated his idol’s copyrighted music without permission or payment.

And young Miss Spears may also be offended that Blute has used her work to mock the Gospel she grew up with as a Southern Baptist. For while she may have fallen away in recent years from the faith of her youth, the Holy Spirit still resides within her.

Here are some of the brilliant lyrics from this modern masterpiece:

(from the song, “Baby One More Time)
Oh baby, baby
Oh baby, baby

Oh baby, baby
How was I supposed to know
That something wasn’t right here
Oh baby, baby
I shouldn’t have let you go
And now you’re out of sight, yeah

Show me, how you want it to be
Tell me baby
‘Cause I need to know now, oh because

(from the song “Crazy”)
Baby, I’m so into you
You got that somethin’, what can I do
Baby, you stood me around
The earth is movin’, but I can’t feel the ground

Every time you look at me
My heart is jumpin’, it’s easy to see
Lovin’ you means so much more
More than anything I ever felt before

Now class, it’s time to compare and contrast: Here are a couple of selection from “Jesus Christ Superstar” by Weber and Rice:

(from the song, “Pilate’s Dream)
I dreamt I met a Galilean a most amazing man
He had that look you very rarely find
The haunting hunted kind
I asked him to say what had happened how it all began
I asked again - he never said a word
As if he hadn’t heard
And next the room was full of wild and angry men
They seemed to hate this man - they fell on him and then
They disappeared
Then I saw thousands of millions crying for this man
And then I heard them mentioning my name
And leaving me the blame

(from the song, “Poor Jerusalem”)
Neither you Simon, nor the fifty thousand
Nor the Romans, nor the Jews
Nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the Priests, nor the scribes
Nor doomed Jerusalem itself
Understand what power is
Understand what glory is
Understand at all... understand at all
If you knew all that I knew, my poor Jerusalem
You’d see the truth, but you close your eyes
But you close your eyes
While you live your troubles are many, poor Jerusalem
To conquer death you only have to die
You only have to die

Hm...do I detect at least at slight difference in the level of sophistication here?

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