Outrage at Jesus portrayed as transsexual woman

[Christa]

The creator of a controversial play which depicts Christ returned to earth as a female transsexual has accused critics of misinterpreting her work. Nearly 300 people picketed the opening night of Jesus, Queen of Heaven at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow this week, part of the city’s publicly funded annual Glasgay! arts festival.

Protesters lit candles, sang hymns and brandished placards saying: "Jesus, King of Kings, Not Queen of Heaven" and "God: My Son Is Not A Pervert." But the play’s writer and sole performer Jo Clifford, who is herself transgender and a committed Christian, has been deeply shocked by the reaction to the play.

She said opponents, who had not seen the piece, were wrong to condemn her and had misunderstood her intentions. She said: “I think it is very sad that the protest has enlisted Christians who have difficulties with gays and transsexuals. I wanted to point out that this does not have any foundation in the Bible. The people who angered Jesus were the scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites – the people who were deeply prejudiced those who passed judgment on people they did not know.”

The 59-year-old playwright from Edinburgh, formerly known as John Clifford, switched genders nine years ago following the death of her partner with whom she had two children. Her specially commissioned play, which was described by one reviewer as “overburdened by its ambition and a central characterization that could inspire no-one” has a capacity audience of just 25. Since the publicity over the protests it has sold all remaining seats until the run comes to an end on Saturday.


http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/outrage-as-jesus-portrayed-as-transsexual-woman-1815479.html

[Ian David]

1. Boo-fucking-hoo, chrisTian crybabies. n/t

[paulsby]

19. are they rioting in the streets?

or burning the director in effigy, or issuing a death sentence for his head (a la rushdie)?

anybody getting killed or maimed during protests?

nope.

they are complaining, iow using free speech

compare and contrast

crybabies i can deal with.

[Ian David]

20. Agreed.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Silly people.

We all know that Jesus was some white, blonde, blue-eyed straight guy who never had sex. :smoke:

[polichick]

3. Since Christians have tried to keep women out of power since...

...first tossing out the Gospel of Mary (one of the Gnostic Gospels believed to have been written by Jesus' wife), this must really get to them. lol

[rfranklin]

4. Broadway, here we come!

Wow, the publicity would be fabulous.

[Christa]

5. I think Cher should play the role of Jesus

Cher, or someone equally magnificent



:woohoo:

[Orrex]

7. How about Rosie?

She's not my favorite, but I think she'd crank up the fundy outrage even further.

[Christa]

8. Rosie is not as outragious

We need someone SPECTACULAR who is not afraid to show her naughty parts - and after all, Cher has a daughter who changed gender. Perfect, methinks :party:

[Orrex]

9. Great point! But maybe we should just skip to the chase and cast Chaz in the role?

[Meeker Morgan]

6. Be honest now

The purpose of the play is to provoke outrage.

Otherwise there would be no point. The outrage demonstrates the existence of the problem. The artistic medium is the other guys' outrage.

Of course I want to see it. :evilgrin:

[Turbineguy]

10. +1

To be an attention whore these days you really have to work hard. The competition is fierce.

[madrchsod]

11. to bad they did`t portray paul as a gay man....

oh wait he really was gay

[Orrex]

12. Source?

I've heard of his misogyny, but of course that doesn't make him gay.

I'd love to read an informed discussion of that interpretation.

[Meeker Morgan]

13. Just more shit to freak out the mundanes. n/t

[madrchsod]

14. here`s two...

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/2004/04/Was-The-Apostle-Paul-Gay.aspx

http://relijournal.com/christianity/was-the-apostle-paul-gay/

[Orrex]

17. Excellent. Thank you.

Wiki didn't seem to have anything on it, and Google returned about a trillion non-specific hits.

[sui generis]

15. Jesus H. Christa! On a half shell . . .

[icymist]

16. Jesus had a sex change!

I love it!

[IndianaGreen]

18. I thought that GAWD was neither male nor female

If the Xtians believe Jay-Zeus to be divine, then either gender would be appropriate to represent him/her.

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. I don't suppose these folks have ever seen the Indigo Girls version of "Jesus Christ Superstar".

In which the role of Our Lord and Savior Jesus H. Christ was played by...... (gasp) a LESBIAN !!11!!11!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdl3lL4W0Z8

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Jesus wept ...

because he missed his vajayjay??

(No worse than the original work of fiction, IMHO)