Evita
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836 appearances
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2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard Mar 2025
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Now we're going to just reward them, apparently. People that caused all that chaos are becoming millionaires on the taxpayer's dime. It is infuriating. And as somebody who was witnessing these BLM riots on the ground, I can't tell you how frustrating and upsetting it is that these people aren't in jail. They should all be in jail.
But still, I mean, they are total, and none of them really served sentences. You had Kamala Harris. fundraising to get them released, to pay for their bail.
The whole thing is so disordered and backward and unjust that those who would destroy our communities, the infrastructure, the businesses, the good name of this country are now going to be rewarded by the taxpayers for their destructive, illegal, criminal, violent behavior. It's disgusting. Now somehow this next story actually upsets me even more than that one.
Cynthia Erivo, a black queer woman who just starred in the Wicked film, will play the part of Jesus Christ in the Jesus Christ Super Bowl, I'm sorry, Jesus Christ Superstar Hollywood Bowl musical. Here is Cynthia while promoting Wicked and describing who she is as a person. Take a listen.
Okay, so not an appropriate Jesus at all. And I want to talk about Jesus Christ Superstar, the film, a little bit because I think it's important context of the story. Jesus Christ Superstar is a musical about the passion of Christ, and it was also adopted into a movie. in 1973, and I love this movie. It is one of my favorite films of all time. I've made him watch it a ton.
It's ridiculous how much I love this movie, especially around Easter. And the soundtrack and the dancing, it's incredible. And in that era of the 60s and 70s, everything was very irreverent and purposely subversive toward Christianity. And believe me, I am somebody who's really sensitive to that kind of thing, sensitive to people being irreverent and subversive of Christianity.
You guys know you listen to the show. I care a lot about that. At the same time, Jesus Christ Superstar, I don't feel is disrespectful. Jesus Christ Superstar uses the hippie culture, rock opera, modern dancing, modern clothing, and yet somehow still manages, in my opinion, to be thoughtful and respectful. One of my favorite moments is when Jesus is brought to Herod.
and Herod is this sort of flamboyant, overweight, decadent guy. It's actually very queer coded. You can see that this this sort of you get a sense that Herod is is a sexual heathen and kind of a glutton and he's portrayed as disgusting. And even the queerness around this musical number that he's in is viewed as pretty disgusting and not
not uh and immoral and he sings this mocking song with this theatrical flair and it's playful and yet it's also repulsive and i think this scene actually does an amazing job of creatively emphasizing the vapid emptiness of earthly authority which is rightfully presented as nothing but a literal joke in the face of god himself in the face of jesus christ
And there's another moment, Michael, we can throw this up there. There's another moment when Judas, the character who plays Judas, is running away from military tanks, representing his internal turmoil and desperation after betraying Jesus. Now, were there military tanks in 33 AD? The answer is no.
The image of him running away in a modern, almost cinematic way contrasts sharply with the biblical account, but this woman, I think, powerfully captures his sense of guilt, of fear, abandonment. The tanks in our modern minds are a symbol of power and authority, and I think it highlights the crushing weight
the crushing weight of judas's decision to betray jesus and the irreparable consequences that follow so while the scene departs from traditional biblical imagery it keeps the emotional and spiritual core intact by portraying judas's internal struggle and the overwhelming sense of guilt regret that he feels leading eventually to suicide
The modern context and visual intensity, I think, enhances the emotional resonance of Judas's fall while still reflecting profound spiritual themes. What I'm trying to say is that Jesus Christ as a superstar bridges the gap between the ancient and the modern, making the biblical story feel accessible while maintaining the depth of its emotional and spiritual core.
I really feel this way about this movie. Clearly, however, not what the latest musical rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar is trying to do by making Jesus a queer woman. There's a difference between creatively and respectfully retelling the passion and straight up subversion. The Jesus Christ Superstar movie doesn't aim to alter the core of the biblical narrative or its message.
It uses modern elements like music and style to emphasize the emotional and the spiritual truths in a way that still honors the original narrative. But making Jesus a queer person or a woman shifts the focus away from the core message of the original biblical story
And it not only distorts the historical and theological context, but it also reduces the passion really to just woke social commentary. It is clearly aimed at stripping away the depth and the reverence. And ultimately, it is a form of deep disrespect. And it is a really upsetting story to me.
It kind of shows you how disgusting Hollywood has become, how they are really truly set up to spit on biblical narratives and Christian people in this country. Because it's also meant... to, I think, purposely upset Christians in this nation. We're a group of people, Christian Americans, who are just constantly attacked by our culture. And I think this is perhaps even a lash out from Hollywood.
They're angry at the way that we vote, the way that our country is turning more conservative and much more traditional. And they are, I think, trying to purposely infuriate and disrespect the Christian community in this country. I do think that. I want to end, and this is actually related, but I want to end with this story from the Atlantic.
It's titled, How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right. And this article reads that, in a few years, what we've grown accustomed to calling Generation Z may reveal itself to contain a subgroup, Generation C, a COVID-affected and, for now, strikingly conservative generation.
2016 voters aged 18 to 29 went for hillary clinton by 18 points in 2024 donald trump closed the gap losing voters by 30 but under 30 by a 51 to 47 margin and actually what's fascinating about that that statistic is there are other studies suggest other other surveys suggesting that Gen Z 25 and under, actually, President Trump actually won that cohort.
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