Really? I was under the impression that Christians of all salience lined up at Andrew Lloyd Webber's malachite mansion and blew his towel boys for him.
Maybe at the time of its release it made waves but now it's considered hip Christian agitprop by the fundies or something.
I believe what he means is the outcry over the musical's focus on the chemistry between Jesus and Mary Mag, and also the way it portrays Judas as a flawed but redeemable betrayer.
And making the Apostles as a idiotic hive-collective probably does not endear this play to the modern followers of J.C.
It also depicts Judas as ascending into heaven, makes Jesus's divinity ambiguous by omitting any reference to his resurrection, and has some nice hippie boobs.
I love this movie/musical. Finally Judas gets his day in court. By the end I'm like, FUCK Jesus! Worst singer of the bunch!
Also, wasn't one of the scandals that there was a male porn-star in the cast? Which one??? Where???
And Mary Magdelene is hot.
Peter (played by Philip Toubus) is the one who started doing porn the year after this movie was released.
I took Catechism classes when I was 11 and I asked if we could watch this, but one of the more crazier teachers wouldn't allow it. He did say "I guess we could watch it just to see how bad Hollywood is." Because if there was ever a template for big, Hollywood movies this film with a no name cast and fuck all for a budget would be it.