Jesus Christ, Superstar vs. Th

After reading the last portions of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in The Gospels and after watching Jesus Christ, Superstar, I realized that several parts of the movie were not exactly as I had imagined while reading the bible. Some of the differences were: the importance of Mary Magdalene, the point of view in which the movie is portrayed, and the end of the movie.

First, Mary Magdalene appeared a lot in the movie, but was not mentioned as much in the bible. In The Gospels, Magdalene was proclaimed as simply being a woman that bathed Jesus' feet at the Last Supper with expensive perfume. There was not much else mentioned about her. In fact, her name is not even mentioned. But in the movie, she is Jesus' woman. She follows him around and is portrayed as his lover. She has a major role in the movie, and is seen in almost every scene. One might ask: why is she har

Second, the movie is directed from Judas' point of view. Judas is the one who betrays Jesus for money. After reading the Gospels, Judas is viewed as a sinner, and horrible unfaithful man, but after watching the movie, I did not have such a bad opinion of Judas. In my opinion, the director of the movie chose Judas' point of view for publicity. If he would have chosen any other point of view, the movie would not have been such a controversy. Also, Judas is played by a black actor, which in 1973, was very unusual. At that time, there were very few black actors, and even fewer with leading roles. There is no statement in the bible about Judas' color, but the assumption from several past generations was that all the characters were white. Again, the director's choice of actor is in an attempt to get more recognition for the movie.

In conclusion, the choices made by the director to give importance to Magda

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