And this time, pale black is best because Jesus was, in fact, middle eastern.
Feeling Rebloggy
I'd be more excited if the other big name in the show was a black woman instead of Sara Bareilles, but I like Sara Bareilles so I guess I'll tune in.
BLACKCHICKROCKED.BLOGSPOT.COM
NBC, 8PM, APRIL 1 2018
This Easter Sunday, NBC will debut its latest one-night live musical event, Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert. The event's source material is the 1970s rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, an interpretation of the final days of the life of Jesus Christ....
This time around, John Legend, the messiah of pop-R&B love jams, will take on the titular role of Jesus Christ for the production.
Legend also applauds NBC for casting a black man as Jesus Christ, a figure often presented as white. "I think we've gotten used to seeing Jesus look like he came from Oslo, when, you know, obviously he was born and raised in the Middle East and probably looked a lot closer to me," he says.
~NPR
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https://www.npr.org/2018/03/31/598331386/john-legend-pulls-from-familiar-roots-to-play-jesus-in-jesus-christ-superstar-li
NBC
8PM
APRIL 1 2018
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