The first time I had seen Jesus Christ Superstar it was a remake with Sara Barflies and John Legend and I didn’t really care or try to understand what was going on. Now that I understand the premise and was actually interested in the play it follows the readings in class well, the backlash Andrew Lloyd Weber got for the musical makes sense. While it is great and entertaining, it follows the themes of the text how Judas and Mary were closer to Jesus and how he wasn’t a hero in the eyes of everyone leading up to Judas’ betrayal.
