Sir Tim said that the musical's religious and political themes could become a source of ridicule in a television talent show, with the judges telling hopeful contestants: "You could be Jesus."
He said: "It opens up a lot of opportunities for spoofs and I think it would be ill-advised to have people voting for who should be Jesus.
"It's just possible that it might be the most sophisticated, tasteful show hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but I doubt it. It sounds tacky and I really don't think Andrew should do it."
Monday, February 27, 2012
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE WHAT THEY SAY YOU ARE? Not satisfied with having solved a problem like Maria, found a young Oliver who'd do anything, and rescued their Joseph from a cistern of West End hopefuls, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber is casting the lead for an arena tour production of Jesus Christ Superstar via a BBC reality competition. Sir Tim Rice is not pleased:
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It "opens opportunities for spoofs?" I guess Sir Tim Rice doesn't have HBO:
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*sings*
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L and E!
We're maximizing utility!
(Heaven forbid anyone should ever use this material in anything but deadly earnest.)
God, that line makes me cringe. That and every song where somebody replaced the word "love" with the word "law." Though I think I would not regret a thing about those musicals if only my Italian Wedding Soup joke didn't get cut.
ReplyDeleteMy 1L year, the finale was "Seasons of Law" leading into "I Want Your Checks." (The two leads thought the lesson of their mystical journey through time and space in the Mercer Residence Elevator was to understand the joy of love and law. In fact it was "once you graduate, you should send your money to NYU.") 2L year ended with a "We Are Family" spoof I provided lyrics for, though the lyric "We are family/brethren in the academy" sparked protest amongst the cast due to its purported sexism.
ReplyDeleteThat's as should be, Isaac. The purpose of law school musicals is to make you cringe, if not at the time they are performed then years later when you're confronted with recollections of just what you were complicit in presenting.
ReplyDeleteOk. What was the joke?
ReplyDeleteStuff I didn't do in law school (though I lived with the law school musical stalwarts and cheered them on), but am doing right now -- rehearsing a musical parody for this year's Purimspiel. It is "Schmaltz," a parody of Grease, and I am King Ahasuerus as Danny Zuko. Didn't write it (besides a verse or two), though most years I have done a lot of lyric writing for additions to purchased scripts - this one was already pretty good. By which I mean appropriately cheesy/silly.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of proud of some of the stuff I wrote for the musical. The whole scene with Beth Garrett pointing a gun at her students and getting fed up with idiotic questions, ending with Dan Currell singing "I Will Reply" in a German accent (an awesome performance for which I obviously cannot take credit) -- I'm proud of that. Probably speaks ill of me, but whatever. Those were good lyrics.
ReplyDeleteAnd they're online:
ReplyDelete<p>At first I was afraid, I was petrified . . .
When I heard my name in class I tried to run and hide.
I stuttered and I stammered and I got the answers wrong--
But I grew strong, I learned how to carry on.
</p><p>
</p><p>So you came back to call on me
You asked me Rule 11 and I answered 15(c),
Too late to change my answer and too soon to rush the door
I opened up my mouth and rambled half an hour more!
</p><p>
</p><p>So now when I get the chance I volunteer
I shout out from the front row even when the answer's clear
I never seem to tire of the sweet and soothing ring
Of my irritating voice and my constant babbling
Oh no not I! I will reply!
For as long as there's a question I will raise my hand up high!
I can lecture you on Hand
I might mention Adarand
I will reply, I will reply, Ja Ja!
</p><p>
</p><p>It took all the strength I had just not to come undone,
But I ended up monopolizing Civ Pro I.
I argued with professors in a shrill, insulting tone,
And now I'm proud--to speak my mind out loud!
</p><p>
</p><p>So now in Elements I interrupt again,
It might be Wittgenstein or Federalist Number 10
Or Rylands versus Fletcher versus Audley versus Jee
The point is not the subject if the subject isn't me!
</p><p>
</p><p>So when I can, I volunteer
I shout out from the front row even when the answer's clear
I never seem to tire of the sweet and soothing ring
Of my irritating voice and my constant babbling
Oh no not I! I will reply!
Even when there is no question I will raise my hand up high!
From Antonin's dissents
To The Cost of Accidents
I will reply, I will reply, I will reply!!
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I thought this was going to be about the Chicago bears and Denny Green at first. JCS, Godspell, and Bernstein's Mass should be locked in a vault and we should all agree they never happened. They make Rick Warren sound like Jonathan Edwards.
ReplyDeleteWild applause!
ReplyDeleteYou kind of have to hear it with Currell singing it, though. "I shtuttered ..." "You what?" "I ... shtuttered ...."
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