Every version of the story of Jesus, even the most
“traditional” is based on interpretation. So it
shouldn’t have been so surprising when in 1971 Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice introduced their own
version, a rock-opera called Jesus Christ
Superstar. As an alternate way of approaching the
story, Superstar is totally legitimate. As a
piece of musical theater, however, its charms may get
lost of a lot of people.
The company performing the version presented on
Univeral’s new DVD also performed the show onstage in London. Some of
the cast members, particularly Fred Johanson as Pontius Pilate,
make a strong impression, while others, like Jerome Pradon as
Judas, throw a little too much swagger into their
roles. Jesus himself, as played by the pouty Glenn Carter,
comes off as more Fabio than faith-based. The entire film has
an air of gay camp, sort of a Jesus-meets-Queer as
Folk, with the apostles resembling a bunch of
Chelsea boys and the temple looking like the set of
“Satan’s Alley” from John Travolta’s tremendously
cheesy Staying Alive. To a fan of Lloyd
Webber’s style, Superstar is probably
near-flawless. To anyone else it might just grate on
the ears.
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