This successful musical was banned in South Africa and Hungary because some people think that it presents Jesus Christ as human like you and me. And some say it represents the unwritten gospel by Judas Iscariot. When Weber first presented the idea—later modified---a producer called it "the worst idea in history".
Bob Dylon's lyric, "Did Judas Iscariot have God at his side"? provided some inspiration, further enraging the devout. Judas is human, portrayed the musical.
In terms of controversy ... Jesus Christ Superstar is Christina Aguilera flubbing the national anthem before the Super Bowl," entertainment journalist Tim Cain once wrote. "Controversy ... swirled around it when it was released."
The show was protested by the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. American evangelist Billy Graham also wasn't a fan: He accused the musical of bordering "on blasphemy and sacrilege" and said he objected "to the fact that it leaves out the Resurrection. If there is no Resurrection, there is no Christianity." (Though he did acknowledge that "if the production ... causes young people to search their Bibles, to that extent it may be beneficial.") Elsewhere, South Africa's Publications Control Board temporarily banned Superstar in that country, lest it "offend the religious convictions or feelings of certain sections of the population." The show also managed to irritate the British National Secular Society, which picketed Superstar's opening night on the West End.
Enjoy it…before you lose it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTct5PkNE2A
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