Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2022 / No comments / adventure , barry dennen , carl anderson , drama , jesus , musical , religion , seventies , ted neeley
TED NEELEY AND CARL ANDERSON IN 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR'
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Title: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Year: 1973 Grade: C— |
Musical turned Musical/Movie JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is about the man himself,
Jesus Christ, and how he has gone the way of basically becoming a
sell-out, now known as The King and having so many faceless fans to add
to his 12 good friends/disciples...
A good enough theme; however,
the problem is the movie begins in what should be the second act, initially providing a more naive, non-famous Christ character that this
movie's antagonistic anti-hero Judas stands firm with before singing
counterpoint lyrics against: basically, his friend's too well-known to
be safe around (in hippie parlance, Jesus has become a Scene)...
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Carl Anderson in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
So the audience never experiences the major difference in the Christ character since it only centers on one, who, played by golden-voiced Ted Neeely, starts out intentionally dull and robotic, and basically continues in this fashion...
But overall, this is Carl Anderson as New Testament Black Panther Judas's ride: with an incredible voice and a powerful presence on screen, his best moment is interjecting into the grooviest song, Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene's Everything's Alright, that, like its own music video, has a beginning, middle and end: Something that the entire movie... with too many unimportant side-characters getting their own overlong songs... completely lacks.
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Ted Neeley in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR with Carl Anderson |
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Ted Neeley in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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Barry Dennen in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR with Ted Neeley |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR with Ted Neeley |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR |
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