{"id":9635,"date":"2011-11-17T17:39:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T22:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=9635"},"modified":"2011-11-17T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T22:46:25","slug":"french-play-depicts-jesus-as-madman-dog-pyromaniac-messiah-of-aids-terrorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/11\/french-play-depicts-jesus-as-madman-dog-pyromaniac-messiah-of-aids-terrorist","title":{"rendered":"French play depicts Jesus as “madman, dog, pyromaniac, messiah of AIDS, terrorist”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christian groups are condemning\u00a0a Spanish play about Jesus called “Golgota Picnic,”\u00a0scheduled to premiere in France.<\/p>\n

However, at least one reviewer said the play, which features full nudity, becomes tedious and boring — such as a long scene in which a\u00a0middle-aged, naked actor plays a\u00a0Haydn selection on an upright piano. Another referred to scenes as “trashy.”<\/p>\n

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A scene in the play<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A senior Catholic cleric, Bishop Dominique Rey of Frejus-Toulon,\u00a0denounced playwright Rodrigo Garcia’s depiction of Christ as “madman, dog, pyromaniac, messiah of Aids, devil-whore, no better than a terrorist.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0The play, which features full nudity,\u00a0is scheduled to debut in Toulouse\u00a0where Archbishop Monsignor Robert Le Gall\u00a0told\u00a0the BBC<\/a> that \u00a0Garcia “wants to denounce forcefully all forms of fundamentalism and rebel against an all-powerful God.”<\/p>\n

Le Gall said the play “fouled the faith of many believers” and does not depict the “God Christians proclaim.”<\/p>\n

Delighted with the publicity, the play’s Argentine-born author said he found it “healthy” when people took a stand. The\u00a0 manager of the the Garonne Theatre where the play will be performed, Jacky Ohayon, insisted the play was not blasphemous and said it had run for six months in Madrid “with no trouble.”<\/p>\n

It received lukewarm reviews in Madrid. Antonio Castro in the daily Madridiario.com <\/a>said the play attempts to “surprise, shock\u00a0and revolutionize educate the public,” but becomes tedious. French drama critic Matthieu M\u00e9gevand \u00a0in\u00a0the Paris daily Le Monde<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>noted “the show depicts the Last Supper and the crucifixion of Christ in a trashy version.”<\/p>\n

“Is it right to foul the faith of many believers, to attack them in their devotion to Christ?” asked Le Gall. “I do not think so.”<\/p>\n

A bid by Catholic groups to have the play banned was rejected by the regional authorities in Toulouse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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