Should Madonna get the lead role in the film remake of Jesus Christ Superstar?

Have revised my answer. I now understand you mean should she play Jesus Christ Superstar|Jesus. Unequivocaly no.

There is no way that Madonna would be a good fit as Jesus. A gender reversal in the role will completely destroy the central themes of Jesus Christ Superstar. The whole movie is inextricabally tied to the life and times of Jesus.To have a woman in the role, any woman, shatters that premise and removes the suspension of disbelief as a moviegoer.

It becomes absurd. The women at that time in Rome had no power. There is no way that Jesus could be portrayed as a woman.

Now if you mean, should Madonna cross genders and play Jesus as if he was still a man? Again I think this is impossible because people will still see her as Madonna. The singing parts are not in Madonna's vocal range.

Why not just get a man to play it? Also, you are talking here about a very specific piece of art. The musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice.

It's got a specific, set story and several songs and themes. To simply drop a woman into the main role, or have a woman play the main role as if she was a man, does not work. Now, I could see *some* adaptation of Jesus' life, somewhere, that portrayed a woman in the role of Jesus, or that portrayed Jesus as a woman.

But Jesus Christ Superstar can't really handle it. I am sorry that I am not providing sources, but in this case, this is largely an opinion based question. I can provide sound reasoning as to why I believe what I believe, but I do not think that the question lends itself well to source material.

Nevertheless, I'll try to dig some up below in replies.

Anything Madonna does is going to be about Madonna. She may be a good actress (though her record with movies doesn't support that), but placing her in that role in that movie is going to make the entire production nothing more than a commentary on Madonna and her various beliefs and issues.

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