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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)

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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	comment	Jesus Christ Superstar is a Rock Opera and (subverted?) Passion Play by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.Originally released as a Concept Album in 1970 (when Lloyd Webber and Rice were still in their very early twenties, no less!), it made its way to the Broadway and London stage in 1971, the Australian stage in 1972, and was adapted into a film directed by Norman Jewison in 1973. An updated version was recorded sometime around 2000 by Webber's Really Useful Group for PBS. A filmed version of the UK arena tour starring Tim Minchin as Judas was released on DVD and digital in 2012, and a live adaptation starting John Legend as Jesus, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene and Alice Cooper as Herod that aired on NBC in 2018.The show lives on in stage productions and tours (and even non-theatrical tribute albums from fans who were more attracted to it as an album than a show) to this day. Inspired byâ€¦ The Four Gospels of The Bible (specifically the arrival in Jerusalem and subsequent crucifixion of Jesus), it chronicles the last seven days of Jesus' life, focusing mainly on the characters of Jesus, Judas and Mary Magdalene. It's regarded among Andrew Lloyd Webber's best works. It's a pseudo-sequel to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, though this took a bit more liberty with the source material and is considerably less playful.Depending on the production (and productions can be wildly different), the actors and settings in the show are portrayed with blends of modern and biblical-era clothing and motifs, running with the idea of Jesus being a rockstar-like figure (something not always appreciated by the Moral Guardians), the Apostles being counter-cultural radicals, and the Romans dressing in black leather and taking a Big Brother approach to running The Empire. The 2000 filmed version updates the visual metaphors- specifically, setting it in a modern-day dystopic version of the Roman Empire with Nazi-esque guards, where Jesus' followers appear to be a street gang, seen toting submachine guns and assault rifles at times. The 2012 arena tour version and 2018 live broadcast both evoke the Occupy movement, the former more on the nose than the latter. The plot is the same, but with different things emphasized in different productions.TracklistSide One "Overture" "Heaven On Their Minds" "What's The Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying" "Everything's Alright" "This Jesus Must Die"Side Two "Hosanna" "Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem" "Pilate's Dream" "The Temple" "Everything's Alright (reprise)" "I Don't Know How To Love Him" "Damned For All Time/Blood Money"Side Three "The Last Supper" "Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say)" "The Arrest" "Peter's Denial" "Pilate And Christ" "Herod's Song (Try It And See)"Side Four "Judas' Death" "Trial Before Pilate (including the 39 Lashes)" "Superstar" "The Crucifixion" "John Nineteen: Forty-One"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_117b3429	type	A Taste of the Lash
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_117b3429	comment	A Taste of the Lash: The 39 lashes... in song. Although, in the 2000 version, Pilate gradually loses his composure as he counts out each lashing; by the mid-twenties, he's visibly flinching.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Herod in the 2000 version is Florenz Ziegfeld.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14180452	type	Instantly Proven Wrong
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14180452	comment	Instantly Proven Wrong: "Everything's Alright" is immediately followed by the priests deciding that "This Jesus Must Die".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: Many characters. Most notably, Judas becomes increasingly conflicted with his role in Jesus' life before being driven to suicide near the end of the work. Pilate, likewise, has a breakdown when he condemns Jesus to death in accordance with the public's request ("Trial by Pilate"). Jesus struggles with the knowledge of his imminent death but knows he has to because that's what he was born to do ("Gethsemane").
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Compared to Webber and Rice's earlier Joseph. The 2000 version compared to the original incarnations. Webber said that he wanted to give a new design for the musical, saying that the funky disco and sequined leisure suits were fresh for its time, but he wanted to make it into something the younger people could relate to. The 2018 NBC performance takes place in a harsh, barren city-scape, with many of the characters and musicians dressed in leather or punk attire. It's reached the point now where it's probably fair to say that each new professional production will more often than not be this to whatever came before it, often justified by keeping up to date with the state of the modern world. Make of that what you will...
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14e06eb9	type	Jesus Was Crazy
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_14e06eb9	comment	Jesus Was Crazy: Jesus Christ Superstar is (among other things) built like a point-counterpoint debate regarding who and what Jesus was. While Mary Magdalene and the apostle Simon represent two very different versions of Jesus Was Way Cool, Pontius Pilate goes down the Jesus Was Crazy road - trying to defend Jesus by arguing that he's insane. Note that the "cool vs crazy" debate is not about being for or against Jesus. Pilate is trying to save him, while Caiaphas, who is trying to get him crucified, subscribes to the "Jesus is cool" camp (but fears what Rome will do if he continues). Meanwhile, Judas claims his "admiration for [Jesus] hasn't died," and yet complains about how he is turning increasingly mentally unstable under the pressure from his believers.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Caiaphas, the high priest responsible for Jesus' trial, is usually a bass. This is emphasized by pairing him with Annas, who's usually a countertenor (the highest voice type for a male) or even a crosscast contralto.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_18ba2fe	type	Sound-Only Death
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_18ba2fe	comment	Sound-Only Death: The 2018 concert doesn't actually show Judas hanging himself. He simply climbs up the scaffolding, wrapping clothes around his neck as a noose, and disappears offstage. We then see the ladder he was standing on fall over, but we don't actually see Judas himself.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1ccad9a3	type	Villain Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1ccad9a3	comment	Villain Song: "This Jesus Must Die," "King Herod's Song", and "Then We Are Decided" from the movie. Virtually every song sung by Judas (with a few exceptions) are Villain Songs, even if he is an Anti-Villain. "Pilate and Christ" is one, showing Pilate's intimidating side, but this is subverted in "Trial Before Pilate", when Pilate actually tries to save Jesus multiple times before finally giving up in a fit of rage.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: In the 1973 film, the entire musical is a performance by a bunch of hippies in the desert.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e3a9a21	type	Angrish
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e3a9a21	comment	Angrish: "Don't believe — our good — save Him — if I could!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: The 2018 NBC version has Jesus and his followers enter through the audience for Hosanna, and audience members can be seen singing along and straining to be touched. Are they reaching for Jesus, or John Legend?
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e7c47ab	type	Stealth Pun
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_1e7c47ab	comment	Stealth Pun: Some particularly clever ones. Not least the entirety of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" which, if listened to properly, is a song consisting almost entirely of innuendo. Caiaphas: (comforting Judas) "What you have done will be the saving of Israel! You'll be remembered forever for this!" Judas: (considering not betraying Jesus) "Christ, you deserve it!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2044af1	type	Faceless Goons
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2044af1	comment	Faceless Goons: In the 2000 version, the Roman soldiers wear full-length coats and face-hiding helmets that have invited Darth Vader comparisons.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_20917b55	type	Milking the Giant Cow
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_20917b55	comment	Milking the Giant Cow: Jesus and Judas in the 1973 film.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: Violently defied in the 2000 version of the last supper, as one of the apostles reacts with disgust against the food while Jesus sings "this is my blood you drink, this is my body you eat".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: The first time we hear the phrase "Jesus Christ, Superstar" is during "This Jesus Must Die", when the crowd is cheering for Jesus. Then the mob turns on him after his arrest and we hear the full song as sung by Judas...
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Judas, at least from his perspective, likewise Caiaphas from his, and Pilate from his.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: Common in productions, which often blend together modern and biblical-era clothing and motifs. In the 1973 film, for instance, some characters like Mary Magdalene and Jesus have decent costumes. Then you see the Roman guards, whose armor consists of purple tank tops, cargo pants, combat boots, MP40s (as used by Nazis during WW2), and sticks. Other people for crowd scenes seemingly just walk onto the camera with whatever they're wearing, and Judas runs away from tanks in one scene. Justified in that the film was set up as something a busload of hippies were putting on in the middle of the desert for some reason. In the 2000 version, Jesus sees that the Temple has become a Las Vegas-like Tourist Trap, especially with Poker games, slot machines, Professional Gamblers, TVs, fire-breathers, and a guard with mohawk hair (though this is perhaps justified in it being a more modern adaptation). Even more justified than the anachronisms in the 2000 version are those in the 2012 arena tour, as it appears to have been transplanted to some kind of Occupy camp (Occupy Jerusalem, perhaps...?), but the Temple in that version has been turned into a nightclub, complete with drag queens dressed as angels and devils, and topless dancers. Alternatively, some productions may be (relatively) faithful to the time period and setting for the most part... only to throw that all out the window and depict King Herod's scene like a Las Vegas nightclub. This heightens the contrasting juxtaposition of this one comic relief song and ends up making it even funnier as a result. A 2017 all-female production pulled the setting all the way up, with "What's the Buzz?" translated to Twitter and Herod being an Oprah-style talk show host. The 2019 London revival and US tour have the characters literally carrying around microphones throughout the musical to sing into... which is especially noticeable because this particular production tends towards more accurate portrayals of the era. The lyrics are often intentionally anachronistic as well, peppered with slang and slogans that don't exactly evoke Israel in 4 BC. One of the running themes is the portrayal of Jesus as a 20th century celebrity or activist. "The Arrest" in particular is phrased in a very modern way, and usually staged as a sort of reporters' scrum with a scandal-plagued celebrity who has no comment ("Do you think that you may retire?/Did you think you would get much higher?/How do you view your coming trial?"). Caiaphas, in turn, refers to Jesus making claims in "all your handouts." Taken to the next step in the NBC live concert production, where some of the crowd in "The Arrest" (as well as one of Peter's accusers in "Peter's Denial") are recording the incident with smartphone cameras. Even the actual lyrics get in on this sometimes. In the title song, Judas references mass communication (and directly acknowledges that it doesn't exist yet), and the Muslim prophet Muhammad (who wasn't born until centuries after Jesus died). Justified, as Judas is dead when he sings this, and possibly a ghost, angel, or demon, depending on the production — temporal laws need not apply.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_25c7b33a	type	Cruel to Be Kind
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_25c7b33a	comment	Cruel to Be Kind: This is one interpretation of Jesus telling Judas to hurry up and betray him. Judas even threatens to stay out of spite and not give Jesus that arbitrary satisfaction. Jesus tells him just go ahead and do it because he doesn't want one of his friends dragged with him during the arrest. Some stagings have his face showing anguish about making Judas do this.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: Simon indirectly quotes the doxology from the Protestant version of the Lord's Prayer.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: In the 2000 version, when Jesus says "This is my blood you drink, this is my body you eat" one of the disciples has a Squick reaction, throwing the bread on the table and wiping off his hands on his pants. Judas' reactions are often better than whatever's going on in the foreground in that movie.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_289008dc	type	Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_289008dc	comment	While ultimately heroic as always (assuming his death counted for something in the end, which here is debatable), this version of Jesus is hardly the image of Incorruptible Pure Pureness most people are used to seeing. He screams at people to leave him alone, takes a nihilistic point of view a distressing number of times, and at one point is cuttingly sarcastic to his own followers:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2be15316	type	Ambiguously Jewish
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2be15316	comment	Ambiguously Jewish: The 1973 film plays this up with King Herod of all people, adding an Ambiguously Jewish appearance (and, arguably, voice) to his stage-musical style song. He even flings bagels at Jesus when he chases Him away at the end of the song. The actor in the '73 film, Josh Mostel, is Zero Mostel's son, so itâ€™s less ambiguous there, to put it lightly. Additionally, director Norman Jewison (who also directed Fiddler on the Roof) was a Christian.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2d75bf32	type	Creepy High-Pitched Voice
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2d75bf32	comment	Creepy High-Pitched Voice: Annas sings entirely in falsetto (except for situations where he's played by a cis woman, obviously). Played with with Jesus himself. He's not creepy, obviously, but his high voice and long falsetto notes (which are sometimes played as metal screams instead) mark him as (possibly?) otherworldly.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2d92c43c	type	Little "No"
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2d92c43c	comment	Little "No": Pilate's wife shakes her head when Pilate orders Jesus flogged to appease the mob in the 1973 film.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2dc373ff	type	Ghost Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2dc373ff	comment	Ghost Song: Judas comes back to sing the title song as Jesus is marched up to the crucifixion site. (See page quote).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2f913008	type	Insanity Defense
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_2f913008	comment	Insanity Defense: Pilate tries this on Jesus. How much he really is insane depends on production.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_36e63b81	type	Rule of Cool
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_36e63b81	comment	Rule of Cool: The 2018 stage adaptation runs on this. For example, during the performance of Pilate's Dream, Pilate is surrounded by government officials who move in slow motion, then speed up, Zack Snyder-style. On stage.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_372bc105	type	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_372bc105	comment	Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Depending on the production, the entire message of the play can be changed. The songs and script themselves are just general enough to paint Jesus or Judas as the protagonist to root for. Jesus can vary between being well, a pretty nice guy, to a snob who's all talk, or whether or not he is even actually the son of God. To this day people still aren't sure whether the play was intended to give a family friendly Christian story, or whether it was made to cast a more jaded light on it.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_38647237	type	Original Cast Precedent
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_38647237	comment	Original Cast Precedent: The high Metal Scream in almost every version of "Gethsemane"? Not written in the sheet music. Just the basic melody and an ad-libbed note by Ian Gillan. This trope is averted in a general sense, however. Superstar is a show that has changed drastically over the years, as different productions will vary wildly in terms of staging, costumes, lyrics, song order, casting, character interpretation, and even most of the tropes themselves. You will note that most of the trope entries on this page specify which production they apply to, because they have to, making it extremely difficult to form a cohesive list of the tropes associated with the play in general.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_38da8916	type	Uncommon Time
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_38da8916	comment	Uncommon Time: "Everything's Alright" (5/4, with verses ending in 3/4) and "The Temple" (7/4).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_394cc57e	type	You Did the Right Thing
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_394cc57e	comment	You Did the Right Thing: Caiphas and Annas tell Judas this about betraying Jesus. His actions are morally wrong, but they ended up saving the oppressed Jewish people by preventing a futile rebellion. It depends on the staging if they are sincere or not; in the 1973 film, they pat his shoulder in reassurance as he suffers his breakdown.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_39f43252	comment	Villainous Lament: Pretty much all of Judas' songs count, but "Judas' Death" in particular sees him realizing that he will, in fact, be hated forever for his actions, just as he feared. Similarly, "Pilate's Dream" has Pilate correctly predicting his role in the Crucifixion and how he will also be blamed, several songs before he even meets Jesus. Later, "Trial Before Pilate" sees him jump between this and Villain Song mode as he goes from putting Jesus on trial to defending him to torturing him to trying to save his life before finally having a full-on Villainous Breakdown when all his efforts are for nothing. One verse in particular has Pilate begging Jesus to "be careful" and avert the death sentence.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3ae6199a	type	Psychopathic Manchild
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3ae6199a	comment	Psychopathic Manchild: Varying with the versions. In the 1973 version, Herod alone is this while Jesus is not â€” although some of his lyrics point in this direction, he is still portrayed as a dignified and compassionate person on the whole. Judas in the 2000 version is also played this way, with his numerous lashings out at Jesus, Mary and the other apostles coming across just as much as desperate cries for attention as an attempt to make any kind of genuine point. He's generally a lot more directly and physically confrontational than other interpretations of the character. Just for one example, he deliberately trips and pushes Mary down some stairs during 'Strange Thing, Mystifying', gives a small Psychotic Smirk when Jesus then tells him off and then appears to silently dare Peter to punch him for it. Herod is the one character who is pretty consistently depicted as this, especially when it gets to the more overtly menacing final verse of his song.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3bbecc8b	type	Hell-Bent for Leather
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3bbecc8b	comment	Hell-Bent for Leather: The High Priests and Pharisees. In the 2018 NBC performance, Judas also wears leather pants and a leather vest.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: It's a Passion Play, so the entire plot including the conclusion is predetermined.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3e8c87a3	type	Dated History
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3e8c87a3	comment	Dated History: The show does an admirable job of conveying the historical context of the Passion of Christ. However, it includes the then-popular interpretation of Mary Magdalene as a reformed prostitute. Mary's entire character (and her big song) are centered around this (when she says she doesn't know how to love Jesus, she means it literally...the only way she's ever known how to express love is physically and that's not appropriate here). But the whole idea of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute sprung from a misreading by Pope Gregory that conflated her with Mary of Bethany and with the penitent sinner who washed Jesus' feet and dried them with her hair. There is no mention in the Bible of Mary being a prostitute; instead, the gospels describe her as one of several independently wealthy women who helped fund Jesus' ministry. Pope Gregory's misconception gave Christianity the figure of a repentant sinner whose life was transformed by Jesus, and art, literature, and other Passion narratives have run with this far into the twentieth century. Only relatively recently has Mary's true role in the disciples been getting more emphasis and the misconception corrected in various Passion narratives.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: The key individuals responsible for Jesus's death (Judas, Caiaphas, Pilate) are given much more sympathetic depictions than almost anywhere else. Herod's still a jerk, though. In the 2000 version, Caiaphas is made a touch more sympathetic yet—he's visibly very conflicted about what to do about Jesus, and it's pressure from the other priests that convinces him, "He is daaangerous!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3f70415	type	Because Destiny Says So
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3f70415	comment	Because Destiny Says So: Essentially the entire work - Jesus knows he's meant to die, and his and Judas' increasing frustration that they can't prevent/avert what is meant to happen is what causes them to butt heads at the Last Supper. Best summed up in this line by Jesus (to Pilate, in an attempt to ease Pilate's moral conflict at condemning a man he knows to be innocent).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3fb5ab75	type	The Eleven O'Clock Number
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_3fb5ab75	comment	The Eleven O'Clock Number: "Superstar", as Judas questions Jesus's methods of delivering the word of God to the masses, and if Christ knew that His Heroic Sacrifice would still be discussed, celebrated, debated but ultimately remembered thousands of years later.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: "It's not that I object to her profession..." Judas does this a lot. "Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you!" Almost everything Judas sings in "Damned For All Time" is a blatant lie, from the above line to "I weighed the whole thing out before I came to you" (it's portrayed as more of an impulse decision — in the movie, he flees from tanks straight to the temple) to "I have no thought at all about my own reward" (the whole song is his plea to be "rewarded" in the form of a clean reputation). Annas immediately calls him out on this:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_42215dce	type	Ambiguous Ending
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_42215dce	comment	Ambiguous Ending: The film ends shortly after the death of Jesus with the rest of the cast simply boarding the bus; Pilate, Mary Magdalene, and Judas (last of all) look back wistfully. The matter of the resurrection is left unclear. The final shot shows the empty cross — with a shepherd and his sheep walking past it. This was unplanned by director Norman Jewison, who left it in since audiences could take it as a subtle hint to the resurrection if they wished. Many productions leave some amount of ambiguity, but several have thrown in various hints that Jesus resurrected (such as ending with him on the cross, audibly drawing breath after dying, or just him coming out with the curtain call). According to movie/long-running stage Jesus Ted Neeley, this was a way of meeting Christian protestors in the middle. In the 2000 version of "Superstar", it's unclear if Judas has come back as a demon after killing himself, or if Jesus is merely hallucinating due to blood loss (having been brutally whipped in the previous song.)
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Jesus, according to Judas: Becomes a metaphysical example in the 1973 version, as it occurs right after the scene where the hippie actors step out of the bus and put on their costumes to become the biblical characters.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44cf7d2c	type	Incredibly Long Note
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44cf7d2c	comment	Incredibly Long Note: The climactic Metal Scream ("See... how... I... DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE") in "Gethsemane" can fall under this. The champion is probably Steve Balsamo, from the 1996 London cast; on the soundtrack album, he holds the note a full twenty seconds. Also, in newer performances, the last line ("Now... beeeefoooore IIIII chaaaaange myyyyy MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND") is sung twice, with the second "mind" being prolonged until the end of the song when the final crescendo finishes.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: Pilate lampshades that Jesus is being stupid about this. He tries convincing him to give a straight answer of "yes" or "no" about if he's the son of God, and if there is a reason to release him. Jesus is committed to his death.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_45af45f7	type	They Just Don't Get It
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_45af45f7	comment	They Just Dont Get It: The entire point of the song "Poor Jerusalem".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_483152c4	type	The Resenter
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_483152c4	comment	The Resenter: Judas as he ends up hanging himself out of his guilt of betraying Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_48ca7c29	type	Broken Ace
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_48ca7c29	comment	Broken Ace: The Jesus we see in this show is, by his own admissions, a shell of his former self, no longer as confident in his work and all too aware of his coming demise.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_48cffdb7	type	I Want My Mommy!
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_48cffdb7	comment	I Want My Mommy!: Jesus, in the 1970 album, the 2000 production, and the 2018 NBC performance: "Where is my mother? WHERE IS MY MOTHER?!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4930959c	type	Bigger Than Jesus
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4930959c	comment	Bigger Than Jesus: Jesus himself is described as "bigger than John was when John did his Baptism thing".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Norman Jewison really took advantage of filming in Israel for the first film.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4ca5d7ac	type	Summon Backup Dancers
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4ca5d7ac	comment	Summon Backup Dancers: Simon Zealotes does this. In the film, they appear out of thin air as the music kicks in. Jesus also has this ability. As does Judas for 'Superstar'.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: The story ends after the crucifixion with few hints at the following resurrection, so it can seem a bit depressing if you're unfamiliar with the supplementary materials. What's more, Judas and Pilate have failed to avert the fates they saw for themselves, the disciples seem to have disbanded, and it's unclear whether Jesus' death will even mean anything or if it was All for Nothing.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4ff6f484	type	Trash the Set
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_4ff6f484	comment	Trash the Set: Jesus in the stage and theatrical productions as he goes through the Temple to get rid of the marketers and money-changers. Ted Neeley in the 1973 film was so thorough in doing this with all the props that the producers could only film one take.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_512b00e0	type	BSoD Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_512b00e0	comment	BSoD Song: "Judas' Death" for Judas and "Gethsemane" for Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: Pay attention to that little tune that is played at the very beginning. The same is played at the very end. Also a very subtle example with Judas - the first thing he says in the show is "my mind is clearer now", and one of the last things he says (while still alive) is "my mind is in darkness now".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_55ab1be5	type	Royal Brat
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_55ab1be5	comment	Royal Brat: Herod as he gets more and more impatient as Jesus refuses to perform a miracle. Eventually he gives up and demands to Jesus that he gets out of his sight.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License â€“ History: Anachronism Stew aside, Pilate wearing purple makes absolutely no sense as that was reserved for the imperial family while the historical Pilate was most likely just a member of the nobility. This extends to the Roman soldiers in the 1973 film with their purple tank tops as well. Due to the Roman uniform including a red tunic rather than a purple one, they should be wearing red tank tops instead.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_56723175	type	Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_56723175	comment	Adaptation Induced Plothole: The 2012 arena version has Caiaphas and Annas convincing Judas to betray Jesus with a kiss so they know who to arrest. Thing is, we see them watching Jesus's social media videos and livestreams. Ergo, they already know what he looks like and where he'll be, no kiss required.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_591d8e01	type	Hippie Van
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_591d8e01	comment	Hippie Van: The 1973 version has the cast arriving in a long bus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5ade32d1	type	Metal Scream
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5ade32d1	comment	The high Metal Scream in almost every version of "Gethsemane"? Not written in the sheet music. Just the basic melody and an ad-libbed note by Ian Gillan.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5b565147	type	Meaningful Background Event
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5b565147	comment	Meaningful Background Event: During "Simon Zealotes" in the 1973 film version, Roman soldiers can be seen gathering to observe the commotion. Judas is also in the background, visibly disturbed by the events before storming off during the next song, "Poor Jerusalem".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5b9b6f01	type	Sitting Sexy on a Piano
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5b9b6f01	comment	Sitting Sexy on a Piano: In the 2000 film, Herod does it in Herod's Song.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5c26386e	type	City Shout Outs
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5c26386e	comment	City Shout Outs: In the 2018 TV production, Alice Cooper as King Herod belts out during the instrumental break, "HELLO, JERUSALEM! I AM YOUR KING!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5d1cdda9	type	God Test
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5d1cdda9	comment	God Test: Herod to Jesus in "Herod's Song":
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: All three of Jesus's trials; at the hands of Caiaphas, Herod and Pilate.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5dfa0fde	type	Omniscient Morality License
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5dfa0fde	comment	Omniscient Morality License: Defied in "Gethsemane." Jesus calls out God, pointing out how unfair it is that he's being asked to die with no explanation and no reassurance that it will even do anything. We know it will, but Jesus doesn't. And he does it anyway.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5e34c0c8	type	Ninja Prop
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_5e34c0c8	comment	Ninja Prop: In the 2012 arena version, the stage is framed by visible scaffolding and the lighting bars overhead because there's no proscenium to hide them. When Jesus is crucified, one of the lighting bars is lowered to become the crosspiece of his crucifix.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_62f9d08e	type	Freeze-Frame Bonus
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_62f9d08e	comment	Freeze-Frame Bonus: At the end of the 1973 film, after the bus drives away, you can make out a shepherd guiding his sheep near the foot of the cross. In the 2012 version, when Herod is judging Jesus, there's a disclaimer reading: "These results are for entertainment purposes only, and do not reflect any real votes. The outcome is predetermined by the character of King Herod, who clearly is going to find Jesus guilty of being a fraud, otherwise it would be a very short Act 2."
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6306ceb6	type	Hat of Authority
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6306ceb6	comment	Hat of Authority: In the 1973 film, Caiaphas and the other priests have some extraordinary headgear, to the point where the Sanhedrin looks more than a little like a Brotherhood of Funny Hats.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_64b2ff00	type	Jesus Was Way Cool
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_64b2ff00	comment	Jesus Was Way Cool: Even Caiaphas is impressed. The 2000 and 2018 versions (probably because the original lyric had entered Totally Radical territory) instead have this line delivered by a nameless priest, who isn't so impressed: According to Tim Rice's autobiography "Oh, what a circus!", the reason for the change of that line was purely a matter of style: he wanted to remove a false rhyme. But, after a friend of his son wrote him about it, he concluded that sometimes technique is less important than a visceral approachnote "I still came up with several false rhymes, which annoys me now [...] Indeed one or two JCS fans complained to me about the changes; for example I altered a priest's line from 'One thing I'll say for him Jesus is cool' to 'Infantile sermons â€“ the multitude drools' in order to rhyme with 'Miracle wonderman, hero of fools', and received a letter from a young friend of my son suggesting that the entire flavor of that scene, if not the first act, had been lost. Sometimes technique is less important than a visceral approach.".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_692c48c4	type	Navel-Deep Neckline
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_692c48c4	comment	The 1973 version also has a rare occurrence of male Navel-Deep Neckline, in the form of Judas' shirt.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_69391768	type	Expecting Someone Taller
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_69391768	comment	Expecting Someone Taller: Pilate has this reaction when he first meets Jesus in the song "Pilate and Christ":
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_69fb91e8	type	Chewing the Scenery
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_69fb91e8	comment	Chewing the Scenery: Jesus in "Gethsemane" Judas in every song, especially as played by Carl Anderson. Pilate in every song, really. If you can't find teeth marks in the props after Herod's performance, it wasn't done right. Justified in that this is a rock opera. Both Rock and Opera are known for not exactly being realist drama.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6c75e0e4	type	Beware the Silly Ones
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6c75e0e4	comment	Beware the Silly Ones: "Herod's Song" is the closest thing the show has to comic relief, and Herod is often depicted clowning around, sometimes as a combination of Laughably Evil or Camp Gay. But despite the humorous lyrics and vaudeville-style tone, this is actually a mocking Villain Song directed at Jesus, who usually spends the number stone-faced and silent. And the whole thing ends with Jesus being sent back to Pilate, putting the final sequence of events in motion that will end with Jesus' death.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Judas hangs himself (or in some productions, shoots himself) after betraying Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6e09e9b9	type	Angry Mob Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_6e09e9b9	comment	Angry Mob Song: "WE NEED HIM CRUCIFIED, IT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO! CRUCIFY HIM, CRUCIFY HIM!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7115b262	type	Repeat Cut
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7115b262	comment	Repeat Cut: The 1973 film includes several repeated zooms to Judas sitting on a hilltop, before he launches into the first song of the movie.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_71e8a5c5	type	Trauma Conga Line
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_71e8a5c5	comment	Trauma Conga Line: Basically everything after "Hosanna" is one long version of this for Jesus, and unlike in the Gospels, there's no (on-screen) Resurrection to soften the blow.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_722b3319	type	Camp Gay
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_722b3319	comment	Camp Gay: Herod, in many productions. In the 1973 film, he's practically an expy of Elton John. Also subverted in some of these; it's a faÃ§ade that he keeps to hide his actual accent. In Real Life, Herod was a notorious womanizer, and the whole Camp Gay thing was something his detractors made up to discredit him. Thus, some productions (including the 2000 film) now portray Herod as a Seedy Hollywood Agent/1980s yuppie-type who seems to be tolerating Jesus' presence as a favor to a friend. The 1996 London Cast Recording got Alice Cooper to sing the Herod song, who later makes an appearance in the 2018 televised stage production. Make of that what you will. In the original West End production, Richard O'Brien played Herod as an Elvis Impersonator. It did not go down well, and he left after one night in the role.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_723be11b	type	Villain Has a Point
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_723be11b	comment	Villain Has a Point: Over time, the biblical Judas has become an archetype of a traitor who betrays their closest friends for personal gain. Judas in JCS, however, is a much more complex character and an example of this. He nails the point in "Heaven On Their Minds": the whole Jesus thing started nicely, but now it's getting out of hand, as the followers are speaking more and more openly of a violent rebellion against the occupying Romans. Judas sees that Jesus can very easily lose control over people following him, and while the Romans can tolerate some religious sect wandering around, any attempt at the revolution will lead to a brutal suppression and nasty reprisal for all of Judea. Judas has basically a Morton's Fork thing: betray his friend and have his name blackened forever, or watch the bloody slaughter of his fellow countrymen. Basically, he chooses The Needs of the Many. Judas quickly becomes aware that Jesus not only has foreknowledge of his betrayal, but is counting on it. This contributes greatly to his breakdown after Jesus' death; his cries that he's been ill-used by God, who created a plan that required a traitor and cast Judas in the role against his will, ring unsettlingly true. Caiaphas is presented less sympathetically than Judas, but his rationale is basically the same: he's also afraid that Jesus will divide the Jewish people and eventually spark a doomed uprising against the Romans. Especially clear in "Then We Are Decided": During the "Trial Before Pilate" sequence, Pilate actually argues in Jesus' defense against the crowd, essentially pronouncing him innocent, and gives him multiple chances to avoid a death sentence before finally relenting when Jesus refuses to budge.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: One of the main themes. Jesus, Judas, Pilate, and even Peter struggle to escape the roles that have been written for them, or at least to pass/pin the blame for their part on someone else, but to no avail. God will have His martyr, His betrayer(s), and His bloody, horrible ending.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_72d31973	type	Surreal Horror
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_72d31973	comment	Surreal Horror: The crucifixion sounds this way on the original studio album, with dissonant piano jangling, electronic warp noises, and the sounds of the laughing crowd twisted into something demonic that sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to The Shining. Downplayed in many later versions, where the actors playing the crowd merely laugh â€” cruelly, but not in a terrifying manner. In the 2000 version, this is ramped up again, as not only is the sound of the nails being hammered into the cross amped up over the sound of Jesus and Judas screaming, but the laughter of the guards following Jesus' line "God forgive them, they don't know what they're doing" is slowed down, lowered in pitch, and mixed with a held high note sung by the chorus that results in a sound that, while not quite as demonic as the studio album, is still pretty damn frightening to listen to.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_73328e84	type	Suicide by Cop
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_73328e84	comment	Suicide by Cop: Arguably, Jesus (in this story only). He knows he has to die to achieve what God wants, Pilate begs him to save himself, but he forces Pilate's hand as much as the mob does.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: Aside from Herod, the "villains" of the show are all given at least some context for what they do, making it more this than the traditional Passion Play, which usually treats the crucifixion as Jesus' straightforward Heroic Sacrifice. Here, Judas and Caiaphas are Well Intentioned Extremists, both trying to avoid provoking war with Rome for The Needs of the Many, while Pilate is a Punch-Clock Villain at worst who actually tries to save Jesus' life and speaks out against the crowd demanding his death. By contrast, the supposed "good" characters do plenty of less-than-noble things: Jesus spends most of the show as a brooding cypher, the Apostles are selfish followers who don't understand Jesus' teachings, Simon just wants to use Jesus to spark a violent uprising, and Peter is a coward who denies knowing Jesus to save himself. And on top of all that, Jesus' divinity is (usually) left ambiguous, making his actions even murkier.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_73f7975f	type	Jerkass Gods
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_73f7975f	comment	Jerkass God: While ultimately heroic as always (assuming his death counted for something in the end, which here is debatable), this version of Jesus is hardly the image of Incorruptible Pure Pureness most people are used to seeing. He screams at people to leave him alone, takes a nihilistic point of view a distressing number of times, and at one point is cuttingly sarcastic to his own followers: Jesus sees his Father as this as well, demanding to know during "Gethsemane" what justice there could be in his having to die, receiving no answer. By the end of the song he is quite bitter, and sulkily tells God to send the mob to arrest him "before I change my mind." Could actually be justified in Jesus' case, when you think about it. After all, when someone knows that they have to give their life up for the greater good but doesn't feel ready for it at all, while also being surrounded by fair-weather disciples and enemies who are hell-bent on killing them just because of their teachings (and the fact that they claim to be the Messiah), could anyone blame the person for being more than frustrated later on? If anything, this complex portrayal of Jesus serves to show the audience that he's more than just God on Earth; he's a fleshed-out individual who is just as human as he is divine.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_740f59b4	type	ColorCodedForYourConvenience
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_740f59b4	comment	Color-Coded for Your Convenience: In the 1973 film, all the Romans wear purple, the high priests wear black, Jesus wears white, and Mary Magdalene and Judas primarily wear orange.note However, Mary and Judas each get a number where they question Jesus's plan, during which they wear white.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_74149c93	type	Epic Rocking
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_74149c93	comment	Epic Rocking: "The Last Supper." Also, "Overture", "Heaven on Their Minds", "What's the Buzz/Strange Thing Mystifying", and "Everything's Alright" are all performed as one extremely long song, clocking in at about 17 minutes.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_77063cd7	type	Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_77063cd7	comment	Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Mary Magdalene.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: "Hey JC, JC, won't you die for me?"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7b8b3def	type	Celebrity Paradox
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7b8b3def	comment	Celebrity Paradox: In the 2012 arena production, Mary Magdalene has a number of tattoos (which are actually the actress's own) — including a large crucifix on one arm, which is clearly visible when she takes her jacket off during "I Don't Know How to Love Him". This is also the case with Simon from the 2000 version, whose actor also has a large crucifix tattoo on his arm which is kept permanently visible throughout due to exclusively costuming him in tank tops. However, in both cases it could arguably be justified, since crucifixion was one of the more popular methods of execution for Roman-subjugated Jewish criminals at the time (historically speaking) - if one needed an explanation for the characters having crucifix tattoos, it's possible to interpret them as memorials for friends/loved ones who had already suffered that fate.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7c9933de	type	Laughably Evil
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_7c9933de	comment	Laughably Evil: Herod can be played as this, depending on how his song is staged. It tends to drop away at least a little at the final verse, though.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Herod. Dear God, Herod.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_84d29a11	type	Drag Queen
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_84d29a11	comment	This is also a frequent tack to take with King Herod (who was played as an outright Drag Queen in the first official stage production). This has grown less common over time in favor of making him The Barnum or even Camp Straight, with the camp merely a way of covering his straight horndog tendencies.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_86ee8070	type	World of Ham
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_86ee8070	comment	Pilate in every song, really.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_874aea94	type	Hippie Jesus
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_874aea94	comment	Hippie Jesus: Christ, as well as the Apostles in the 1973 version. At one point, after Judas riles Jesus by suggesting he not spend time with ex-prostitutes, one of the followers says "Hey, cool it, man!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness: When Jesus is being taken to trial, one of his fans confidently shouts, "You'll escape in the final reel!" Unfortunately...
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Judas lived under Roman occupation and should have been well aware of the Roman's brutality toward prisoners. Nevertheless, after he betrays Jesus to the authorities, he's genuinely shocked when the Roman guards torture Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_8f732211	type	External Retcon
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_8f732211	comment	External Retcon: Retells the story from Judas's perspective.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9053903	type	Ignored Epiphany
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9053903	comment	Ignored Epiphany: Pilate's dream. In the 2018 NBC version, Ben Danielsâ€™ Pilate visibly realizes that Jesus is the Galilean man he dreamed of, recoils, and begins pleading with the crowd to stop scapegoating Jesus. Too bad heâ€™s still a Jerkass about it and sneers at them in disgust for their bloodlust rather than rationally arguing in Jesusâ€™ favor.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9397e726	type	Passion Play
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9397e726	comment	Passion Play: The story tells the last week of Jesus' life from his and Judas's perspectives.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_941896b	type	Shaming the Mob
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_941896b	comment	Shaming the Mob: Pilate lambasts the mob screaming for Jesus to be crucified, since he sees Jesus as a harmless crazy man being used as a scapegoat by the mob for the revolutionary rumblings his presence set off. Nearly half of Pilate's final song is calling the crowd hypocrites for praising Caesar, reminding them how much they hate Rome, and pointing out the Disproportionate Retribution they're forcing him to deal to Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_94680696	type	Shaped Like Itself
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_94680696	comment	Shaped Like Itself: "You liar! You Judas!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: "Judas's Death" has Judas at his absolute limit as he remembers how close he was to Jesus and realizes he will be entirely to blame for his murder. He has a slightly more minor, but still notable, one in "Damned For All Time". Annas has to get him off the ground for the start of "Blood Money". In some productions, the entire musical is basically played as an extended one for Judas, with him getting increasingly stressed and broken every single time he appears until his death. Pilate gets one during 'The Trial/39 Lashes' as he gradually realises that not only is he going to have to condemn a man who has done nothing to warrant it, but that history is going to hate him for it for the rest of time. His last lines, ordering Jesus to his death, are often played not with any malice, but as a man who has been pushed to his limits by the pressure from all sides and simply can't deal with any of it anymore.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: Herod pretends to be polite and friendly for most of his number, telling Jesus he's a "captive fan" and appearing to offer him freedom. Of course, it's all a cruel joke, and when Jesus refuses to respond Herod seems to genuinely lose his cool.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_963aab4a	type	Speaking Up for Another
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_963aab4a	comment	Speaking Up for Another: Judas is criticizing Mary Magdalene, saying that while she amuses, and he doesn't object to her profession, she doesn't fit in with Christ's teachings. note Many scholars believe that Mary Magdalene's reputation as prostitute are actually her being confused with another woman, oft referred to as "The Penitent Woman", though there is some debate as to whether the confusion was deliberate and malicious or not, but the common belief is what is presented in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical. Jesus Himself is having none of it.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Pilate washing his hands, as he does in the Bible, symbolizes that he feels himself innocent in Jesus' death. Whereas in the Bible it's because he had the crowd make the final choice, here it's because Jesus failed to defend himself. This is how Judas' My God, What Have I Done? turns into a Rage Against the Heavens. Not only does he blame God for making him betray Jesus, but also for his own suicide.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: Jesus seems to be more flawed and lashing out at his followers, pushing Judas to betray him. Some stagings and the 2000 movie up this by having Jesus turn away from Judas and refuse to listen to him singing "Heaven on Their Minds" about how their movement is attracting the wrong sort of attention. Glenn Carter's Jesus keeps walking away from Jerome Pradon's Judas, and not wanting to make eye contact. When you look at Jesus's expressions on a rewatch, such as with Glenn Carter, Ben Forster, or John Legend's interpretations, you realize he has known about his death for several days and it is coming. Thus, he can't acknowledge what Judas is saying, though he badly wants to do it. John Legend's Jesus also does listen to him for a few verses and has an apologetic look. The 1973 film opens with a bus carrying the cast traveling in the desert to the filming location. Pay attention when the cast gets off the bus; Ted Neeley as Jesus is not among them, he appears out of nowhere in the middle of the crowd. Likewise at the end of the film; the cast gets back on the bus to leave, but Neeley isn't with them.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9a3b7208	type	The Needs of the Many
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9a3b7208	comment	The Needs of the Many: The priest's stated rationale for their actions:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Overlaps with Ironic Echo and Dark Reprise. Isolated lines from "Superstar" appear earlier in the story, particularly the chorus of "Jesus Christ, Superstar!" during "This Jesus Must Die" and Judas' "Every time I look at you I don't understand" while he's fighting with Jesus in "The Last Supper". Jesus gets a brief line from "Gethsemane" ("After all, I've tried for three years... seems like thirty...") in between the two halves of "The Temple".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9e09fbd7	type	New-Age Retro Hippie
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9e09fbd7	comment	New-Age Retro Hippie: Extremely pronounced. This and Hair are probably the most New Age Retro Hippie plays around (as well as the Trope Makers for "rock musicals"). Not really "retro" when the film / play / soundtrack was first produced, but Jesus' followers are portrayed as counter-cultural hippies and Judas and the Zealots are portrayed as members of the New Left. This is especially pronounced in the film.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: FOOLS! YOU! HAVE NO PERCEPTION! WHAT! DO! YOU MEAN. BY. THAT? THAT WAS NOT. AN ANSWER! The 2012 arena tour has some fun with this section by portraying Pilate as a rich judge interrupted during his morning workout at home. Every break between those words is filled by him doing a push-up. Alice Cooper in the 2018 performance of "Herod's Song": "GET...OUT...OF MY...LIFE!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9f62723d	type	Get Out!
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_9f62723d	comment	Get Out!: Jesus screams this to the marketers in the Temple in "The Temple". In "The Last Supper", Jesus screams this to Judas to get him to do what his heart set out to do. In "King Herod's Song", Herod tells Jesus, "Get out of my life!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a1b141f4	comment	This is how Judas' My God, What Have I Done? turns into a Rage Against the Heavens. Not only does he blame God for making him betray Jesus, but also for his own suicide.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a2022cc9	type	Killed Mid-Sentence
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a2022cc9	comment	Killed Mid-Sentence: The 1973 film presents Judas' death this way. He shouts "murdered me", ending with "murdered..." just as he hangs himself. In the 2000 film, however, he breaks down crying mid-sentence and actually kills himself some time later. Technically, he still dies with his sentence unfinished.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a280f130	type	Take This Job and Shove It
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a280f130	comment	Take This Job and Shove It: Pilate spends the entire show (and many of the lyrics of the First and Second Trials) hating his job. One can hardly blame him when he finally throws in the towel.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The juxtaposition of Mary Magdalene's sweet anthem "Everything's Alright" with Judas's angry accusations against her probably qualifies. An even better example is the jarring shift on the concept album from King Herod's comical music-hall number to Judas's histrionic reaction to seeing the scourging of Jesus. Even within "Herod's Song," which turns from camp happy to suddenly menacing in the final verse.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a8559a9f	type	RealLife
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a8559a9f	comment	Also subverted in some of these; it's a faÃ§ade that he keeps to hide his actual accent. In Real Life, Herod was a notorious womanizer, and the whole Camp Gay thing was something his detractors made up to discredit him. Thus, some productions (including the 2000 film) now portray Herod as a Seedy Hollywood Agent/1980s yuppie-type who seems to be tolerating Jesus' presence as a favor to a friend.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a9a14169	type	Unreadable Disclaimer
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_a9a14169	comment	Unreadable Disclaimer: Spoofed in the 2012 arena version. Herod is depicted as a TV talk show host who runs a phone text poll of his viewers to find out whether they think Jesus is "Lord or Fraud". The poll is displayed on a screen at the back of the stage, complete with the standard small print for UK text polls (covering who pays the cost of the text message, etc.) Shortly afterward, the poll results are displayed, and this time the small print says:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_aa42306e	type	Totally Radical
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_aa42306e	comment	The 2000 and 2018 versions (probably because the original lyric had entered Totally Radical territory) instead have this line delivered by a nameless priest, who isn't so impressed:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_aa79bac	type	Parting-Words Regret
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_aa79bac	comment	Parting-Words Regret: Defied in some versions. Jesus may decide that, rather than let Judas think he hated his friend, to give him a hug before he's arrested. (You can see this in the 2012 and 2018 stagings.) It shows no hard feelings, and that he forgives Judas for betraying him. It doesn't make Judas feel better, for obvious reasons. If Jesus doesn't do this, then it's played straight that the last words he said to Judas were an admonishment of using a kiss to identify him.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_abad35b4	type	Soundtrack Dissonance
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_abad35b4	comment	Soundtrack Dissonance: The last two minutes or so of â€œSuperstarâ€� can be summarized as groovy music playing while very un-groovy things (Jesus being given the crown of thorns, forced to drag the cross, and abused by jeering crowds, all while still raw and bleeding from being flogged) happen.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Pilate also gets this expression in the 2000 version when he realizes that Jesus is the same man from his dream - the very man who is destined to be killed. Ditto in the 2018 version: while interrogating Jesus, Pilate hears the fragment of melody from "Pilate's Dream," and takes on the Oh, Crap! look as he dramatically backpedals.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Judas, in the 1973 version.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_af4d6174	type	Setting Update
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_af4d6174	comment	Setting Update: The 2012 arena tour had a Occupy Wall Street feel, complete with the hashtag "#FollowThe12" and the Sanhedrin and Romans wearing business suits and British court wigs. In the 2018 NBC musical, the performance is depicted as goths and punks in a harsh urban setting.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_af7d483f	type	Dreaming of Things to Come
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_af7d483f	comment	Dreaming of Things to Come: "Pilate's Dream" where he (unlike his wife in the Bible) has the dream foreshadowing Jesus' arrival before him and death.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b09c818	type	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b09c818	comment	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: "It isn't blood money, it's a fee, nothing more."
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b15b6a35	type	Cosmic Plaything
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b15b6a35	comment	Cosmic Plaything: Judas regards himself as one at the end.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b486877f	type	Squick
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b486877f	comment	In the 2000 version, when Jesus says "This is my blood you drink, this is my body you eat" one of the disciples has a Squick reaction, throwing the bread on the table and wiping off his hands on his pants.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: No matter the interpretation or staging, one thing remains constant: Jesus has no respect for Herod, who, while not the same man that tried to have him killed as an infant, did order the murder of John the Baptist and was a tyrant all the same. He stares at him with a stony Death Glare and refuses to perform miracles for a whimsical tyrant.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b82ca416	type	Rage Against the Heavens
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b82ca416	comment	Rage Against the Heavens: Done literally by Jesus in "Gethsemane," and Judas in "Judas' Death."
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b8e3f20a	type	Demoted to Extra
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_b8e3f20a	comment	Demoted to Extra: Aside from Judas, Peter and Simon, the disciples are simply members of the company who come across as a group of naive, bloodthirsty or lazy idiots, depending on the scene. Peter in particular is this, since he's a fairly major figure in the Gospels, not to mention Catholicism. Here, he comes across as helpless and cowardly, his biggest moment coming when he betrays Jesus to save himself. This is one of the aspects of the show that can rub religious members of the audience the wrong way, as the traditionally "villainous" characters in the Gospels are given much more sympathy and depth.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bab8a625	type	Heavy Metal
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bab8a625	comment	Heavy Metal: "Overture", "Heaven on Their Minds", and "Damned For All Time" all have what was, for 1970, very surreal-sounding and/or lightning-fast guitar work.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bb5126ec	type	Prophecy Twist
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bb5126ec	comment	Prophecy Twist: The musical is filled with references to Jesus' divinity, resurrection, and redemption of humankind.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Judas's outburst of "Christ, you deserve it!" during "The Last Supper" can be seen as one.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Old JC does not like his temple being used as a market. King Herod spends most of his song in a seemingly cheerful mood but seems to genuinely get angry when Jesus refuses to play along with his degrading requests.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bcba27a1	type	Putting on the Reich
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bcba27a1	comment	Putting on the Reich: In the 2000 version, Pilate's uniform is purposefully reminiscent of the Gestapo. In the Moscow stage production, the High Priests first appear in riot gear and then perform a song to the tune of "This Jesus Must Die" dressed in black suits with red Soviet armbands.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bcf1bb32	type	Ominous Multiple Screens
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bcf1bb32	comment	Ominous Multiple Screens: In the 2000 version, the High Priests have these in their boardroom, switching on to show Jesus and his adoring crowds as the "Hosanna" chorus starts. Similarly in the 2012 version, where they also return to show Judas arriving to betray Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bdd027c5	type	Den of Iniquity
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_bdd027c5	comment	Den of Iniquity: The Temple in the song of the same name, as portrayed in the theatrical and stage productions, complete with suggestively-dressed women and all sorts of shady characters. This really sets off Jesus' Berserk Button as He chases them all out.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c02f148d	type	Both Sides Have a Point
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c02f148d	comment	Both Sides Have a Point: Judas is concerned about how Jesus potentially looks bad by letting a reformed prostitute dote on him, and that she anoints him with expensive oils and ointments. He notes that they could have used the money to spend on the poor. Mary reassures Judas that her intentions are pure, because she doesn't want any of the apostles to be stressed about their current situation. Caiaphas and Annas give sixty silver pieces to Judas in exchange for his intel. He refuses, rightly pointing out that it's blood money. They retort rightly that it depends on one's perspective and that Judas can use the money to feed the poor or donate to a charity.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": Delivered by Mary in the 2000 film version of "Pilate & Christ": The 2012 Broadway revival also has Mary react this way, but this time to witnessing Judas's suicide.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c32201f6	type	Good Colors, Evil Colors
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c32201f6	comment	Good Colors, Evil Colors: The show's not quite subtle about its color palette. Jesus is always in white and khaki. Judas is in red and, especially after his betrayal, black. Mary Magdalene is usually in red, but changes to white for "Could We Start Again, Please?". (In the 2018 NBC version, she wears orange.) The High Priests wear black. Pilate wears purple (which denotes royalty) as do his family and soldiers. The apostles are usually in greens and blues. Done in different ways with Judas' final song in the movies. In the '70s, Judas returns as an angel, dressed all in white with a wing-like fringe on his arms. In the 2000 version, Judas and his backup are clad all in red leather, thus implying that he's a demon. The 2012 arena tour has him in grey and black alongside traditional angels, hinting at a stint in purgatory.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c56fbb9c	type	Double Speak
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c56fbb9c	comment	Doublespeak: It isn't blood money. It's a fee, nothing more. Right, Judas?
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c660bc15	comment	On the female side, the 1973 version has prostitutes dancing provocatively in the Temple scene. Doubles as Fan Disservice because of the context and the stressful music.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In the 1973 film, when Jesus and the twelve apostles sit down for "The Last Supper," they all freeze for a moment in the exact poses depicted in Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting of the same name. Movie fans have used this scene to identify exactly which actors are playing which apostles, since not all of them are identified by name in the film. The Moscow stage production directly quotes Jesus' and Pilate's dialogue from The Master and Margarita. The 2018 NBC production subtly homages Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 during "Hosanna", with Jesus and his followers entering through the audience and interacting with them, as well as the string flourishes being played by female ensemblists (and Great Comet alumni) running with the group. The original album musically references Krzstof Penderecki's avant-garde Passion work "Utrenja: Ewangelia" during "Trial By Pilate/The 39 Lashes" â€” note the clattering percussion and the robotic, atonal way the crowd shouts "we have no king but Caesar" and "remember Caesar/you have a duty", etc. Later productions lost some of this effect by giving the chorus more of a melody to shout to.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c809bb38	type	Song of Prayer
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c809bb38	comment	Song of Prayer: "Gethsemane" has Jesus, in the calm before the storm, addressing God as he reflects on how far he's come and what he knows is still ahead, and asking for a sign to reassure him he's on the right track.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c972d624	type	Slut-Shaming
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c972d624	comment	Slut-Shaming: Judas doesn't believe that Mary Magdalene (or "women of her kind") is an appropriate companion for Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c9790040	type	Decadent Court
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c9790040	comment	Decadent Court: Herod's clique in the 1973 version, Jesus' clique in the 2000 version. In both cases a Psychopathic Manchild surrounding himself with yes-men. In the 2000 case also rife with constant infighting, with Judas versus Mary and Jesus versus Simon trying to outmaneuver each other for power as the build-up for Judas betraying Jesus.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c9df837a	type	Alternate Show Interpretation
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_c9df837a	comment	Alternate Show Interpretation: JCS is prone to this depending on the social climate in which it's performed. In particular, many stagings of the musical starting in The New '10s, including the 2018 NBC live version, have been based on the 2012 version, which was heavily informed by the Occupy Wall Street movement. As Schaffrillas Productions notes in his video Why Are Weird Musical Adaptations So Popular?:
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ca3a6dbd	type	Informed Ability
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ca3a6dbd	comment	Informed Ability: In the 1973 version, we see no basis for the claim that Mary Magdalene is "calm and cool and running every show." (The 2000 version has the same lyrics, but the character now fits with them.) It's a Running Gag that a few versions of Jesus are played by tall actors, such as John Legend. That makes it hilarious when Pilate says he was literally Expecting Someone Taller. What, are they expecting a giant?
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Divine, Maybe Mundane: One of the most controversial aspects of the show when it first ran. Jesus' divinity is never confirmed in the lyrics: his miracles are only referenced, not seen, and nothing supernatural is ever depicted for sure. It's entirely possible to interpret him as either the actual son of God or a well-meaning but aloof mortal religious leader undone by his own hype. Obviously, different productions can choose to lean further in either direction.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ce75a983	type	Screw Destiny
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ce75a983	comment	Screw Destiny: Both Judas and Jesus are sorely tempted to try this, but both succumb to You Can't Fight Fate for different reasons.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d001c42c	type	Anti-Villain
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d001c42c	comment	Over time, the biblical Judas has become an archetype of a traitor who betrays their closest friends for personal gain. Judas in JCS, however, is a much more complex character and an example of this. He nails the point in "Heaven On Their Minds": the whole Jesus thing started nicely, but now it's getting out of hand, as the followers are speaking more and more openly of a violent rebellion against the occupying Romans. Judas sees that Jesus can very easily lose control over people following him, and while the Romans can tolerate some religious sect wandering around, any attempt at the revolution will lead to a brutal suppression and nasty reprisal for all of Judea. Judas has basically a Morton's Fork thing: betray his friend and have his name blackened forever, or watch the bloody slaughter of his fellow countrymen. Basically, he chooses The Needs of the Many.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d02a7d70	type	Divine Race Lift
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d02a7d70	comment	Divine Race Lift: A rather downplayed version in most versions. Even though Jesus was a Middle Eastern man, most versions of Jesus Christ Superstar cast fair-skinned white actors in the role of Jesus. But there are fair-skinned Middle Eastern people who can pass for Englishmen or Americans, and the historical Jesus would probably have been no darker than a Sicilian or Southern European man. Played straight in the 2018 televised stage production which features an African American man, John Legend, in the role of Jesus. The rest of the cast is traditionally played by a variety of races, following precedent set by the 1971 cast (with a black Judas (Ben Vereen) and a Hapa Mary Magdalene (Yvonne Elliman)).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: Of the dark sort. During the Hosanna song, Jesus sings along with the crowd, saying they're just as blessed as he is. However, during Simon Zelotesâ€™s song, you can see his face change to a "that's not what I'm here for" expression as Simon sings about keeping the crowds yelling devotion, but turning it against Rome, using the power of hate.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d177a22c	type	Dominatrix
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d177a22c	comment	The 2000 filmed version has shirtless Pilate and dominatrix angels.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d485cb13	type	Psychotic Smirk
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d485cb13	comment	Psychotic Smirk: In the 2000 film, one of the priests does this multiple times during This Jesus Must Die. In the 2012 arena concert version, Annas gives a brief one to Caiaphas during 'Blood Money'.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d7d7fff1	type	Chaos of the Bells
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_d7d7fff1	comment	Chaos of the Bells: The bridge section of the song "Gethsemane" is a dramatically arranged, discordant rendition of "Carol of the Bells" in 5/4 time, used to underscore Jesus' dismay and worry about his upcoming crucifixion.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_dbfd6b8	type	Lyrical Dissonance
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_dbfd6b8	comment	Lyrical Dissonance: "Simon Zealotes" sounds joyful and hopeful, but it's actually a rather terrifying screed in which Simon politicizes Jesus' teachings and seems ready to go to war against the Romans, something the show implies will have disastrous consequences. The refrain "Christ you know I love you/Did you see I waved/I believe in you and God/So tell me that I'm saved" suggests that the people celebrating Jesus don't actually care about what he's saying and just want to be "saved." Jesus himself calls Simon out for this in his response song, "Poor Jerusalem." "Herod's Song" is one of the most memorable in the whole score for being fun and upbeat, but don't forget that it's a Villain Song mocking Jesus as his crucifixion seems all but inevitable. And it gets even darker if you take Herod's role in the New Testament into account.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: The lyrics give the hint that Jerusalem, and the greater whole of Israel, is not handling the Roman occupation all that well. At the right angle, the Temple song could be seen as the population throwing themselves into luxury and sin because it's all they have left to do freely. "Here you live, Jerusalem / Here you breathe Jerusalem / While your temple still survives / You at least are still alive" paints a...pretty grim picture. It also adds some context to Jesus' anger at the business going on in the temple and his growing detachment from earthly politics. Being from Galilee, outside of Roman-occupied Judea, he doesn't understand that a lot of these people are probably doing business in the Temple because it's the only safe place they have left. Shortly following that, Jesus is showing signs of it as his day of reckoning approaches. Although it's hinted to be a nightmare, he finds himself surrounded and quickly overwhelmed by lepers begging for his help. While most versions ends with Jesus yelling at them "heal thyselves", the '73 movie has the much more emotional "leave me alone".
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e085feeb	type	Broken Record
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e085feeb	comment	Broken Record: "What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happenin'." "Everything's alright, yes, everything's alright, yes..." "You have murdered me! Murdered me murdered me murdered me murdered me murdered me murdered me murdered..."
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e277967	type	What Is Evil?
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e277967	comment	What Is Evil?: As in the Bible, Pilate's response to Jesus bringing up the concept of truth is, "What is truth?" He goes on to suggest that truth is subjective. (How confident he is in making that suggestion depends on the production.)
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Pontius Pilate is mildly campy and "theatrical" in many productions following the original, to the point of flanderization when Monty Python did it too. This is probably due to the very flamboyant (and unashamed real life gay man) Barry Dennen, who created the role in the Concept Album, original stage production, and 1973 film, though ironically he is far campier as Barry-Dennen-about-to-play-Pilate in the Framing Device than he is as Pilate proper. Ben Daniels skirts the same line in the 2018 version, while Fred Johansenâ€™s 2000 version leans more toward Pilate as played by BRIAN BLESSED! and Alexander Hansonâ€™s in 2012 is simply a detached, wealthy bureaucrat. This is also a frequent tack to take with King Herod (who was played as an outright Drag Queen in the first official stage production). This has grown less common over time in favor of making him The Barnum or even Camp Straight, with the camp merely a way of covering his straight horndog tendencies.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Mary Magdalene in the musical's story combines elements of herself with that of Mary, the sister of Martha, whose "waste" of costly perfume on Jesus was derided by Judas. Pilate himself has "Pilate's Dream" and sings about it, instead of his wife, though some productions like the 1973 film include her as a non-speaking role.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e540d1e6	type	Camp
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e540d1e6	comment	Camp: Pilate is highly, shall we say, "exaggerated", especially in the 39 lashes.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e5e6640b	type	Flanderization
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e5e6640b	comment	Pontius Pilate is mildly campy and "theatrical" in many productions following the original, to the point of flanderization when Monty Python did it too. This is probably due to the very flamboyant (and unashamed real life gay man) Barry Dennen, who created the role in the Concept Album, original stage production, and 1973 film, though ironically he is far campier as Barry-Dennen-about-to-play-Pilate in the Framing Device than he is as Pilate proper. Ben Daniels skirts the same line in the 2018 version, while Fred Johansenâ€™s 2000 version leans more toward Pilate as played by BRIAN BLESSED! and Alexander Hansonâ€™s in 2012 is simply a detached, wealthy bureaucrat.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e8a03fe8	type	Moral Pragmatist
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e8a03fe8	comment	Moral Pragmatist: Judas has this attitude at the beginning of the musical. He says that he joined Jesus to follow the lessons of kindness and generosity. The way he sees it, however, these teachings have led people to see Jesus as a prophet and son of God, which is attracting unwanted attention and swelling his friend's head. Judas tries telling Jesus that he has to give an answer one way or the other rather than fan the flames of their neighbors' resentment and that while Mary Magdalene may be a fine lady, it looks bad if a "prophet" is getting a rather intense shoulder rub from her.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Caiaphas: (comforting Judas) "What you have done will be the saving of Israel! You'll be remembered forever for this!"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ea38ddd5	type	Sissy Villain
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ea38ddd5	comment	Sissy Villain: Some portrayals of Herod.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ea5c413d	type	Biting-the-Hand Humor
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ea5c413d	comment	Biting-the-Hand Humor: The 2012 British Arena tour version has Herod's song, performed by Chris Moyles, be a Take That! at ITV1 style Talent Shows, replete with showing Herod's judgement of Jesus as a false god being based on TV viewer's votes. Guess how Ben Forster, this version's Jesus, was selected? Used again in the Australian Arena Tour, with Herod now played by Andrew O'Keefe, host of the long running series Deal or No Deal, who essentially spends every minute on stage making fun of himself.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_eb0df85e	type	Ham-to-Ham Combat
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_eb0df85e	comment	Ham-to-Ham Combat: "The Last Supper" sees Jesus and Judas go up against each other in notes so high it would take a miracle to duplicate.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ebbf48c0	type	Silent Credits
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ebbf48c0	comment	Silent Credits: The 1973 film has completely silent credits. For Ted Neeley's 2015 Q&A tour with the film, they played a 1997 performance of "Superstar" over the credits (the last time he and Carl were together before his death).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Simon Peter is just called Peter to distinguish him from Simon. The other Apostle named Judas (aka Jude) is never named. Mary Magdalene is the only Mary included out of at least three; and when Jesus's mother Mary is mentioned at one point, it is only as "my mother", not by name.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_eef90616	type	Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_eef90616	comment	Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: A wicked part in The Arrest: Also, arguably, the way the last line of the chorus changes during "Hosanna":
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Judas (in the style of Carl Anderson, at least; Zubin Varla from the 1996 London cast recording is also prone to this).
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f16f631d	type	Crowd Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f16f631d	comment	"Pilate and Christ" is this to "Hosanna". The latter is a Crowd Song sung by Jesus' adoring followers, while part of the reprise is sung by these same followers after they've turned against him.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f1dcc3f	type	Soprano and Gravel
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f1dcc3f	comment	Soprano and Gravel: Frequently used with Annas and Caiaphas, especially as performed by Kurt Yaghjian and Bob Bingham in the 1973 film.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f32ade80	type	IDontWantToDie
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f32ade80	comment	I Don't Want to Die: Jesus is less than pleased about the fact that God wants him to die and argues with him about it. Even more horrifying if the audience interprets that God was never really there and Jesus was buying his own hype.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f3fd818b	type	Dark Reprise
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f3fd818b	comment	Dark Reprise: Several, as melodies and leitmotifs recur throughout (typical for an ALW composition). "Judas' Death" alone is comprised of dark snippets of "Damned for All Time/Blood Money," "I Don't Know How to Love Him," and "Heaven on Their Minds." Almost all the pieces after the interval (some even earlier) are reprisals of earlier ones. The climactic "Trial Before Pilate" is a dark reprise of the Overture. Additionally the majestic instrumental piece that opens "Pilate and Christ" is used when Pilate begs Jesus to let him help him. "Pilate and Christ" is this to "Hosanna". The latter is a Crowd Song sung by Jesus' adoring followers, while part of the reprise is sung by these same followers after they've turned against him. The song that closes the musical, "John Nineteen: Forty-One", is an instrumental version of "Gethsemane" that plays after Jesus has died on the cross.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f642b1f9	type	You Bastard!
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f642b1f9	comment	You Bastard!: Pilate calls the crowd on this as he orders Jesus flogged.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f9375414	type	FacePalm
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f9375414	comment	Face Palm: Judas's reaction to Simon's song in the 2000 version. Jesus at the start of Herod's song in the same version.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_f9f2c33	comment	It's a Running Gag that a few versions of Jesus are played by tall actors, such as John Legend. That makes it hilarious when Pilate says he was literally Expecting Someone Taller. What, are they expecting a giant?
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: Simon gets an entire song dedicated to how he and the other hangers-on think Jesus is there to violently overthrow the Romans. This is especially the case in the 2000 film, where Jesus doesn't bother to hide his dismay at Simon's actions, which include leading an attack on the Roman guard sent to break up the crowd despite Jesus trying to calm things down, but Simon's totally oblivious to Jesus' reaction!
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fcb75a9	type	Movie Bonus Song
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fcb75a9	comment	Movie Bonus Song: An unusual example. Not only are there two ("Could We Start Again, Please," added for the Broadway production, and "Then We Are Decided," a short Villain Song between Annas and Caiaphas added for the movie to further hash out their motivations), but the latter isn't really an Award-Bait Song.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Jesus and Judas. Arguably, Caiaphas, who thinks that "Jesus is cool", but feels that he has to have him killed to prevent him from stirring up revolution and provoking retaliation from Rome. When Judas is having his BSOD, Caiaphas comforts him, saying that his actions have saved Israel.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fd5f23a7	type	Skyward Scream
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fd5f23a7	comment	Skyward Scream: Several, usually combined with Epic Rocking and Milking the Giant Cow.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fdf22cfd	type	Evil Is Hammy
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fdf22cfd	comment	Evil Is Hammy: Pilate, Caiaphas, Herod, Annas.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fe905f06	type	Hesitant Sacrifice
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fe905f06	comment	Hesitant Sacrifice: Jesus in Gethsemane.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fea27091	type	Buffy Speak
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_fea27091	comment	Buffy Speak: "...than John was when John did his baptism thing?"
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: The 2012 stage version has Annas lighting Judas's Cigarette of Anxiety. Caiaphas then steals it when making a point to Judas.
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music) / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: In the 2000 film, the Disciples make a textbook example of how small rebel groups behave, reminiscent of the French Revolution (during the title sequence, the graffiti includes both French revolutionary slogans and American 1960s slogans), of rebellions against the Nazis in 1930s Germany and later rebellions against communist takeovers throughout the world, and of the United States at various eras, including the Founding Fathers. The adrenaline-fueled excitement, intense male and female camraderie, search for empowerment through violent defiance, sexually aggressive clothing: all in accordance with sociological and historical research. We now know that the Founding Fathers, after signing their names to the Declaration of Independence, then spent the night wenching and drinking themselves into unconsciousness: they knew that if their effort at independence failed, they had just signed their death warrants and possibly the death warrants of their families, and the adrenaline had to go somewhere. Later, in an archetypally American move, they demanded reimbursement for the money they'd spent wenching and drinking.
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JesusChristSuperstar	seeAlso	Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Accent Depundent / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Adaptational Angst Upgrade / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Adaptational Heroism / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Alas, Poor Villain / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	All Part of the Show / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Anachronistic Soundtrack / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Betrayal by Inaction / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Bible Times / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Biblical Bad Guy / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Big Bad Ensemble / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	British Music / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Chaos of the Bells / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Christian Fiction / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Colorblind Casting / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Composite Character / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Demythification / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Demythtification / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Deuteragonist / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Divine Race Lift / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Dreaming of Things to Come / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Evil Sounds Deep / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Facepalm / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Fanservice Extra / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Fatal Flaw / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	God Test / int_e6eba2f5
Godspell	seeAlso	Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Gospel Revival Number / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus	seeAlso	Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Jesus Was Crazy / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Killed Mid-Sentence / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	"Last Supper" Steal / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Lyric Swap / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Metal Scream / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Musicalis Interruptus / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Obvious Judas / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Paid Harem / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Passion Play / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Punctuated! For! Emphasis! / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Pyrrhic Victory / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Red and Black and Evil All Over / int_e6eba2f5
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Reprise Medley / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Rock Opera / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Shaped Like Itself / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Silent Credits / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Sitting Sexy on a Piano / int_e6eba2f5
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Speaking Up for Another / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Sung-Through Musical / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Sword and Sandal / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	The '60s / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	The Mockbuster / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	The Problem with Fighting Death / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Theatre of the 1970s / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	This Is Gonna Suck / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Totally Radical / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Two-Act Structure / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Uncommon Time / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Voice Types / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	Walk on Water / int_e6eba2f5
Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)	hasFeature	What Is Evil? / int_e6eba2f5
JesusChristSuperstar	seeAlso	Jesus Christ Superstar (Music)

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