The rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, and the movie of the same name, directed by Norman Jewison, may seem to be biblical on the surface, but upon closer inspection they have many theological flaws and stray from the true biblical account of who Jesus is and what He came to do.
Jesus of the Gospels was a Middle Eastern man, but most performances of Jesus Christ Superstar cast European fair-skinned actors for the role of Jesus. In real life, there are light-skinned Middle Eastern people who can pass for white Americans or Englishmen, and the Jewish tribe to which Jesus was born is known to have white skin, albeit darkLyricist Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber attend the March 22 opening of the Superstar revival on Broadway. Rice and Lloyd Webber were in their 20s when they wrote Jesus Christ SuperstarTue 14 Dec 1999 22.01 EST. The hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar was endorsed for the first time by the Vatican yesterday - ending three decades of Roman Catholic ire against its authors, Tim WWEX9bb.