Jesus Christ Superstar - Tumblr Posts
The Hamilton/jcst one killed me XD
Bad Musical Synopses
Phantom of the Opera: A speculative fiction about what would happen if Benedict Cumberbatch were a woman and his fans had access to a basement. Hamilton: The best friend of an ambitious political dissident warns him repeatedly that his actions will end in tragedy. When that doesn’t actually happen, the best friend takes it upon himself to teach a valuable life lesson.
Jesus Christ Superstar: The best friend of an ambitious political dissident warns him repeatedly that his actions will end in tragedy. When that doesn’t actually happen, the best friend takes it upon himself to teach a valuable life lesson.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Tim Gunn was sick today on Project Runway. Let’s see what happens!
Miss Saigon: White savior done fucked up. No one is surprised. The Scarlet Pimpernel: Proto-superhero pretends to be gay. Wife is understandably miffed when she discovers she won’t be getting the D. Hilarity ensues. The Lion King: A Shakespearean look at a pride of liMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSAAAAAWENYAAAAAAMAAKALAKIIIIIIIIIIIISSHUENOOONOOOOOOO
Chicago: He really did have it coming. Cabaret: A Conservative Republican’s worst nightmare is set to music.
Cats: Furries provide a fun-filled look into an average night out.
Rent: All these people are going to die the minute you leave the theater.
Avenue Q: Today on Sesame Street, we learn an important lesson about the purpose of the internet. The word of the day is ANAL.
Les Miserables: A man steals a loaf of bread and is chased across France by the most dedicated police officer on the force. Consequently, everyone dies.
My Fair Lady: A valuable life lesson is taught: if you want to make it in life, all you need to do is sacrifice everything, suffer torment from an obsessive linguistics major, and fake an upper-class English accent. Unless you’re a man, and then you just need to explain that you really need money for alcohol. In that case, someone will promptly die and will you their fortune.
How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying: A young man attempts to push the boundaries of white male privilege. He soon finds there are none.
Sweeney Todd: A barber and his girlfriend take Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” a little too far.
jesus christ superstar but pilate’s songs are sung in the style of michael palin in life of brian
Instead of working on my thesis, I am drawing Swedish christ superstar... I should not have spent that much time drawing a shopping cart.
Obligatory:
you know what dad? maybe i don't wanna be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned. it's a lot of pressure to put on me and honestly i've been feeling stressed recently because of it
i know i'm really dumb but i've JUST (after 4 years of listening to JCS) (please don't laugh at me) realized that "everytime i look at you i don't understand why'd you let the things you did get so out of hand? you could've managed better if you'd had it planned" are the last words that judas said to jesus and that's why "superstar" starts exactly with these words
Too much heaven on their minds
Judas, thank you for the victim
Stay a while and you'll see him bleed!
guy whos soooo haunted but very kissable about it
Judasss must you betray meee with a kisssss
Oooh, Judas, so catty, mreow!
Jesus Christ Superstar is genuinely emotionally annihilating. It's about fate. It's about the tragedy of being condemned from birth. What if the villain never had a choice, what if he was just as bound by destiny as the hero? What if nobody wanted it to end this way and it still does? What if Jesus never wanted to die? It's about guilt. It's about dread. It's about not realizing what story you're in until it's too late. It's about Jesus singing insanely high rock vocals. It's about Judas in a fringe disco getup. It's everything.
jeeesus chriiist jeeeesus chriiist who are you what have you sacrifiiiiiced
Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 + some of my favourite letterboxd reviews of it
THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND HAS RETURNED LET'S FREAKING GO
I may be a little obsessed with Carl Anderson's Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
First off he's the best Judas I've seen (well, heard) for this musical
And second he's so gay and sexy in his slutty little red jumpsuit
Ref under the cut
