I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my "Jesus Christ
Superstar Arena Tour" DVD. It has been
released in the UK, but I guess it takes Amazon a little longer to get it
delivered here. According to them, it should arrive November 26th. I am really wanting to relive the experience
and have heard the DVD is really good. I also hope to get some clarification
about questions I have when I re-watch it. My conversation with Ori aboutracism was a little anti-climactic after we saw the arena version. Ori did not find it offensive at all (which is
great) but apparently because she thought the “priests” were members of the
Illumniati. I have heard other people say this too, so I’m not saying she’s
crazy or wrong or anything, but that wasn't my perception. I thought the “priests”
were bankers. Anyway, I have questions
like this and others and really really want to watch it again.
I’m feeling impatient, which was intensified by the
cancellation of the cinema showing here in the US. There were several friends
and people from church who had purchased tickets to see "Jesus Christ Superstar" being shown in cinemas here. A few hours before the event, we got news it was
cancelled with no explanation as to why. Rumor says “technical difficulties”. (By rumor, I mean a Tweet from Tim Minchin.) It was very frustrating to have such a last minute cancellation and no
explanation or word on rescheduling.
Rather than throw a little tantrum or anything, I decided I
would just get the DVD and see if I could show it at church. Being UU, we have a committee for EVERYTHING,
so I asked permission from the appropriate committee and was hoping they would
just let me show it. But being UU, we also have to be legal and ethical and
shit, so I was originally told no by the church because we probably wouldn't be
able to obtain the correct permission. Of course I said I would try to obtain
the permission. I was told by our intern minister (who was in charge of telling
me “no”), “Thanks for your passion and willingness to do
some leg-work”, which I found amusing because she doesn't know me or the
extent of my passion and willingness to do some legwork. I’m sure she will soon
enough.
I emailed Universal UK and
asked them. They told me to ask The Really Useful Group. I filled out a contact
form on The Really Useful Group website, and someone contacted me saying they
needed to ask Universal. Then they got
back to me saying that Universal said “no”, but, “They have confirmed, however, that the
cancelled cinema screening is being rescheduled, and a date is likely to be set
for Easter time.”
So I’m
disappointed to not be able to show the DVD at church. I could show it in my
house, but I have a crap TV and a crap house. It’s not even, like “It-isn’t-much-but-it-is-enough-for-me”-tight-and-cozy-and-a-nice-place-for-friends-to-gather-watching-a-show-even-if-we’re-squished-into-a-small-room-we-have-good-wine-and-comfy-chairs kind of crap house. It’s a trust-me,-no-one-would-want-to-come-here-and-watch-a-DVD-no-matter-how-great-it-is kind of crap house. So, I guess we’ll wait, with the rest of
America, and see it in the theater around “Easter time”. And don’t forget, you
heard it here first. Unless that is wrong, then feel free to forget and sorry
to disappoint.
To hold you over,
here are some clips from the DVD:
