Jesus Christ Superstar

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This week Amy and Paul are rocking out to the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Ted Neeley and directed by Norman Jewison. This musical stage play turned Burning Man Christ film was shot in the Israeli desert, leaving everyone mystified by the budget’s lack of generosity in only affording the actors one set of costumes. Plus, why Ted Neeley was always the best fit for the role of Jesus, competing against John Travolta, John Lennon, and many others, and Paul and Amy share a little about their own upbringings within their parents' churches! Next week, Paul is on tour with HDTGM! Amy will be chatting with David Sims from Blank Check and are talking all things MOONSTRUCK! Check out this week's spotlight episode from the Unspooled archives, In the Heat of the Night: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/in-the-heat-of-the-night/ You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Check out Paul's Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is on presale now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 1973 and as Jesus might say, I have no podcast in this world. I am through.
0:08.0	And the crowd might yell back, talk to me Jesus Christ and Jesus, well, there might be a podcast for me somewhere
0:15.1	if you only knew.
0:16.3	The movie, Jesus Christ Superstar. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to
0:37.0	and welcome to Onspoooh. Boy oh boy I'm glad we were not cast in today's movie Jesus Christ
0:47.6	Superstar because I don't think we would have made it past. Maybe we could
0:49.9	have been cast as Herod who really does an interesting song choice but Amy it is time for us to talk about
0:56.0	burning man as a Christ film I feel like this movie is something that really alluded me but I understand what it is.
1:05.1	I've heard about Jesus Christ Superstar for a very long time, but I had not seen it ever.
1:10.3	And what better way to celebrate Easter than with this film?
1:14.0	There is no better way to celebrate Easter than with this film.
1:17.0	I have been invited to not one but two Easter weekend Jesus Christ Superstar Sing-alongs because, oh boy, this does not stop.
1:25.0	Jesus Christ Superstar, still selling out theaters, still packing houses, still packing literal house parties.
1:31.0	And literally not a spoken word in it you know what I will say for
1:35.6	Lent I'm giving up not watching this this this movie is fascinating, right?
1:43.4	Because it's a controversial topic,
1:46.0	or it's a topic that could be viewed as controversial,
1:48.8	made in this way where it kind of redefines
1:52.0	what a Broadway musical could be up into this point
1:54.4	1973 we are used to seeing a very
1:58.9	traditional type of
2:00.7	Broadway musical turned into feature film and this strips it all away and puts a
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