cult film freak: TED NEELEY AND CARL ANDERSON IN 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR'

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'

12/25/2022 | No comment

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)...

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.

Ted Neeley in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR with Carl Anderson

Ted Neeley in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Barry Dennen in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR with Ted Neeley

Carl Anderson as Judas in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

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