Review of Godspell

Godspell (1973)
1/10
Ick.
23 March 2008
Worst thing ever. Combines tendentious religiosity with embarrassing hippie-theater shenanigans to create an unwatchable stew. Unlike, say "Jesus Christ Superstar," there's no dramatic development for nonbelievers; but far worse are the hammy performances, lame jokes and other extremely dated "dramatizations" of Biblical poesy. There are a couple of good songs (notably the hit "Day by Day" and "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord"), but the visuals will likely overpower anyone who doesn't have a very strong theater-queerness gag reflex. Victor Garber's 'fro is impressive, though. I wish somehow they'd incorporated it into "Alias."
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