Chalky and Frank, what did / do you think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'?

[Chauncey]

I've googled it Stefan and it's definitely not a p1ss take,I just can't get into plays n stuff that suddenly burst into song at any given moment,it just seems like opera for the masses to me,I know the title song and I Don't Know His To Love him but that's all

If I was forced to see one musicial before I went then it would probably be Evita as I love the songs Don't Cry For Me Argentina and Another Suitcase Another Hall,what did you think of Madonna's stab at it,I enjoyed her versions of the songs tbf

[_Stefan_Kuntz]

If I was forced to see one musicial before I went then it would probably be Evita as I love the songs Don't Cry For Me Argentina and Another Suitcase Another Hall,what did you think of Madonna's stab at it,I enjoyed her versions of the songs tbf

It is very nearly all songs. Madonna was determined to get the role of Eva Peron but did not initially get it. Eventually she did get it (a big worldwide name presumably sells better than maybe Elaine Page would have done at the time). Having got it she had to have extra voice training. She wanted to at least do some of the directing of the film but Rice / Lloyd Webber totally refused to let that happen.

For me the best role in the film is Che. He is the narrator who is the opposite sort of character to Eva. He is a pleasant character, an idealist. Whereas Eva was disadvantaged as a child / youth and made her mind up that there were not going to be any rules for her. Che is effectively a representation of the personality of Che Gavara the famous Argentinian freedom fighter. In real life they never met. He became prominent in the late 1950s, she died in 1952.

In the 1996 film Che, the narrator, is played by Antonio Banderas. He tells us what Eva's motives are and what she is up to. He is opposed to her. He steps into some scenes much as the narrator does in some plays of the likes of Shakespeare. A few years after the film was made there was a gala evening celebrating the works of Rice & Lloyd Webber. At this event here is Banderas performing the first song from 'Evita' in the context of Eva having just died, 'Oh What A Circus'. He then sings 'High Flying Adored' which is about Eva when her husband has won the election to be President. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tPC...owsMustGoOn%21


Banderas is in character throughout this. I like it when when he (Che) walks off and Elaine Page (Eva) walks on and they glare at each other.