Jesus
      Christ,
      Rock
      Star?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      argue
      that
      Jesus
      didn’t
      walk
     
     
      around
      to
      a
      constant
      driving
      bassline
     
     
      and
      spontaneously
      break
      into
      song;
     
     
      those
      people
      are
      morons.
      Witness
     
     
      “Jesus
      Christ
      Superstar,”
      a
      musical
     
     
      based
      on
      Jesus’
      life
      not
      as
      a
      religious
     
     
      figure,
      but
      as
      a
      rock
      star-esque
      icon.
     
     
      ACT
      community
      theatre
      is
      staging
     
     
      three
      runs
      of
      the
      show
      on
      November
     
     
      4th,
      5th,
      and
      6th
      at
      the
      Confederation
     
     
      Centre
      Main
      Stage.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Whatever
      your
      beliefs
      are,
      it’s
      difficult
     
     
      to
      argue
      that
      Jesus
      wasff
     
     
      influential
      per-
     
     
      son
      in
      history.
     
     
      Because
      it
     
     
      explores
      the
     
     
      sprawling
      influ-
     
     
      ence
      Jesus
      had
     
     
      strictly
      as
      a
      his-
     
     
      torical
      figure,
     
     
      Jesus
      Christ
     
     
      Superstar
      should
     
     
      appeal
      to
      believ-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ers
      and
      non-
     
     
      believers
      alike.
     
     
      The
      Apostles
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      women
      that
     
     
      perpetually
      sur-
     
     
      round
      the
      man
     
     
      take
      on
      groupie-
     
     
      like
      roles.
     
     
      Rather
      than
      try-
     
     
      ing
      to
      preach
      to
      its
      audience,
      Jesus
     
     
      Christ
      Superstar
      shows
      the
      life
      of
     
     
      Jesus
      as
      a
      celebrity,
      making
      it
      about
      as
     
     
      non
      secular
      as
      a
      play
      about
      Jesus
      can
     
     
      get.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      musical
      has
      a
      wide
      appeal
      for
     
     
      post-secondary
      students
      because
      it
      can
     
     
      easily
      prompt
      an
      examination
      of
      one’s
     
     
      life
      philosophy.
      Works
      such
      as
      Mel
     
     
      Gibson’s
      “Passion
      of
      the
      Christ”
      have
     
     
      sought
      to
      emulate
      this
      type
      of
      provo-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ask
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cation,
      a
      trait
      which
      is
      attractive
      for
     
     
      widespread
      audiences.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      production
      has
      many
      UPEI
      con-
     
     
      nections,
      starring
      UPEI
      music
      gradu-
     
     
      ate
      Jeremy
      Hickey
      as
      Jesus,
      current
     
     
      music
      major
      Maria
      Campbell
      as
      Mary
     
     
      Magdalene,
      and
      Cadre
      alumnus
     
     
      Marieve
      MacGregor
      as
      a
      key
      dancer.
     
     
      The
      15-person
      orchestra
      also
      features
     
     
      several
      UPEI
      music
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jesus
      Christ
      Superstar
      is
      directed
      by
     
     
      Crady,
      choreographed
      by
     
    
   
   
    
     
      www.salon.com
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Julia
      Sauve,
      and
      musically
      directed
      by
     
     
      Shirley
      Ann
      Cameron.
      ACT
      communi-
     
     
      ty
      theatre
      puts
      together
      three
      produc-
     
     
      tions
      a
      year,
      including
      the
      popular
     
     
      “Murder
      in
      the
      Cathedral”
      that
      packed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      St.
      Mary’s-Indian
      River
      this
      past
      sum-
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      mer.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Do
      you
      remember
      when
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      a
      kid
      and
      the
      thought
      of
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eating
      non
      stop
      junk
      food
     
     
      appealed
      to
      you?
      Sure,
      you
      do,
     
     
      because
      we’ve
      all
      had
      that
      fan-
     
     
      tasy
      at
      one
      time
      or
      the
      other—
     
     
      to
      be
      able
      to
      eat
      at
      a
      restaurant
     
     
      day
      in
      and
      day
      out—
      have
      Egg
     
     
      McMuffin
      for
      breakfast,
      burgers
     
     
      for
      lunch
      and
      whatever
      you
     
     
      want
      for
      supper.
      For
      a
      kid
      that
     
     
      seems
      great!
      Yet,
      by
      the
      time
      we
     
     
      reached
      our
      latter
      teens/early
     
     
      adult
      years,
      the
      novelty
      of
      eat-
     
     
      ing
      out
      all
      the
      time
      went
      down
     
     
      hill
      pretty
      fast.
      That’s
      what
      hap-
     
     
      pens
      in
      the
      movie,
      ‘Super
      Size
     
     
      Me,’
      a
      documentary
      by
      Morgan.
     
     
      Spurlock,
      which
      poses
      the
      ulti-
     
     
      mate
      question:
      what
      would
      hap-
     
     
      pen
      to
      someone
      who
      ate
     
     
      MacDonald's,
      three
      times
      a
      day,
     
     
      for
      thirty
      days?
      It’s
      a
      crazy
      idea
     
     
      in
      itself;
      three
      doctors,
      a
      general
     
     
      practitioner
      and
      his
      girlfriend
     
     
      tell
      him
      he’s
      going
      to
      ruin
      his
     
     
      body;
      but
      nonetheless
      Spurlock
     
     
      goes
      through
      with
      it,
      charting
     
     
      everything
      that
      he
      eats
      at
     
     
      Mickey
      Dees.
      Certain
      condi-
     
     
      tions
      do
      apply:
      Spurlock
      must
     
     
      eat
      everything
      on
      the
      menu,
      if
     
     
      he
      is
      asked
      if
      he
      wants
      to
      super-
     
     
      size
      his
      meal,
      he
      must
      say
      ‘yes’
     
     
      and
      over
      the
      30
      day
      period,
      he
     
     
      can
      not
      exercise
      one
      iota!
      As
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘result,
      he
      packs
      on
      the
      pounds,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      develops
      awful
      chest
      pains,
      his
     
     
      cholesterol
      levels
      go
      up
      sixty-
     
     
      five
      points,
      his
      liver
      turns
      to
      fat,
     
     
      his
      energy
      is
      nonexistent
      and
      his
     
     
      sex
      life
      goes
      straight
      to
      hell!
      So
     
     
      why
      does
      he
      do
      it?
      Just
      to
      prove
     
     
      that
      North
      Americans
      have
      bad
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Cadre
      October
      19,
      2004
      page
      10
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eating
      habits?
      It
      would
      seem
      so,
     
     
      as
      he
      takes
      his
      crusade
      to
      twen-
     
     
      ty
      cities
      across
      North
      America,
     
     
      eating
      at
      different
      MacDonald's
     
     
      and
      talking
      to
      people
      (like
      Don
     
     
      Gorske,
      who
      has
      eaten
      over
     
     
      19,000
      Big
      Macs
      in
      his
      life)
     
     
      who
      can’t
      get
      enough
      of
      the
     
     
      Golden
      Arches.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      movie
      is
      filled
      with
      inter-
     
     
      esting
      facts,
      (46
      million
      people
     
     
      worldwide
      eat
      at
      Mickey-Dees
     
     
      everyday?
      Whoa!)
      and
      _inter-
     
     
      views.
      While
      there
      is
      an
      under-
     
     
      lining
      message
      of
      personal
     
     
      responsibility
      vs.
      corporate
     
     
      responsibility,
      it
      is
      Spurlock’s
     
     
      transformation
      from
      a
      fit
      185
     
     
      pound
      guy
      to
      a
      depressed
      210
     
     
      pound
      food—aholic
      that
      keeps
     
     
      the
      film
      moving,
      and
      makes
     
     
      ‘Super
      Size
      Me’
      worth
      checking
     
     
      out.
      Be
      sure
      to
      watch
      the
      DVD
     
     
      extra
      of
      Spurlock
      keeping
     
     
      MacDonald’s
      fries
      in
      a
      see
     
     
      through
      container
      for
      10
      weeks;
     
     
      it’s
      not
      pretty!
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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