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Κόρπους Κρίστι (έργο)
"Το Κόρπους Κρίστι είναι ένα θρησκευτικό δράμα του Τέρενς ΜακΝάλλυ που δραματοποιεί την ιστορία του Ιησού και των Αποστόλων. Γραμμένο το 1997 και πρωτοπαρουσιασμένο στην Ν. Υόρκη το 1998, παρουσιάζει τον Ιησού και τους Αποστόλους σαν γκέι άνδρες να ζούν στο σημερινό Τέξας. Χρησιμοποιεί σύγχρονες συσκευές όπως η τηλεόραση με αναχρονισμούς όπως η ρωμαϊκή κατοχή. Ο Ιούδας προδίδει τον Ιησού εξ αιτίας σεξουαλικής ζηλοτυπίας. Ο Ιησούς [ΣΣ : στο έργο] ευλογεί ομοφυλοφιλικό γάμο μεταξύ δύο αποστόλων.(…)"
Υποδοχή
"Το έργο δέχθηκε προσεκτική κριτική για την διερεύνηση ομοφυλοφιλικών θεμάτων στον Χριστιανισμό. Επίσης καταδικάστηκε από την Καθολική Λίγκα, ένα είδος ομάδας-παρατηρητήριο της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας, για το ότι παρουσιάζεται σ’ αυτούς ως βλασφημία, ιεροσυλία και αντιχριστιανική μισαλλοδοξία.
Ο συγγραφέας Terrence McNally, άνθρωπος ομοφυλόφιλος, δέχθηκε απειλές κατά της ζωής του καθώς το έργο παιζόταν στις Η.Π.Α. Η παραγωγή του στην Νέα Υόρκη ματαιώθηκε και στην συνέχεια αναπρογραμματίσθηκε. Τελικά η πρεμιέρα πραγματοποιήθηκε την 13η Οκτωβρίου 1998 υπο την σκηνοθεσία του Joe Mantello.(…)"...
Κόρπους Κρίστι (έργο)
"Το Κόρπους Κρίστι είναι ένα θρησκευτικό δράμα του Τέρενς ΜακΝάλλυ που δραματοποιεί την ιστορία του Ιησού και των Αποστόλων. Γραμμένο το 1997 και πρωτοπαρουσιασμένο στην Ν. Υόρκη το 1998, παρουσιάζει τον Ιησού και τους Αποστόλους σαν γκέι άνδρες να ζούν στο σημερινό Τέξας. Χρησιμοποιεί σύγχρονες συσκευές όπως η τηλεόραση με αναχρονισμούς όπως η ρωμαϊκή κατοχή. Ο Ιούδας προδίδει τον Ιησού εξ αιτίας σεξουαλικής ζηλοτυπίας. Ο Ιησούς [ΣΣ : στο έργο] ευλογεί ομοφυλοφιλικό γάμο μεταξύ δύο αποστόλων.(…)"
Υποδοχή
"Το έργο δέχθηκε προσεκτική κριτική για την διερεύνηση ομοφυλοφιλικών θεμάτων στον Χριστιανισμό. Επίσης καταδικάστηκε από την Καθολική Λίγκα, ένα είδος ομάδας-παρατηρητήριο της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας, για το ότι παρουσιάζεται σ’ αυτούς ως βλασφημία, ιεροσυλία και αντιχριστιανική μισαλλοδοξία.
Ο συγγραφέας Terrence McNally, άνθρωπος ομοφυλόφιλος, δέχθηκε απειλές κατά της ζωής του καθώς το έργο παιζόταν στις Η.Π.Α. Η παραγωγή του στην Νέα Υόρκη ματαιώθηκε και στην συνέχεια αναπρογραμματίσθηκε. Τελικά η πρεμιέρα πραγματοποιήθηκε την 13η Οκτωβρίου 1998 υπο την σκηνοθεσία του Joe Mantello.(…)"...
Όπως άφησα να εννοηθεί, κατέφυγα στην καταδεκτική πανσοφία της Βικιπαιδείας. Καταλαβαίνετε λοιπόν την έκπληξή μου, όταν εκτός από τα ανωτέρω μεταφρασμένα που είπαμε, (και που μαζί με αυτά που δεν μετέφρασα σας τα παρουσιάζω στην συνέχεια, στο τέλος της ανάρτησης, και στο πρωτότυπο –για του λόγου το αληθές), διάβασα και την εξής παράγραφο: «Το έργο παρουσιάζεται εδώ και λίγες εβδομάδες στην Αθήνα, στην Ελλάδα, όπου υπέπεσε στην προσοχή δεξιών οργανώσεων καθώς και του νεοναζιστικού κόμματος της Χρυσής Αυγής. Αυτό οδήγησε ακολούθως σε βίαιες διαμαρτυρίες που έχουν ως απαίτησή την ακύρωση του έργου, καθώς και σε προπηλακισμούς κατά των ηθοποιών.
Corpus Christi (play)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corpus Christi is a passion play by Terrence McNally dramatizing the story of Jesus and the Apostles. Written in 1997 and first staged in New York in 1998, it depicts Jesus and the Apostles as gay men living in modern-day Texas. It utilizes modern devices like television with anachronisms like Roman occupation. Judas betrays Jesus because of sexual jealousy. Jesus administers gay marriage between two apostles.
Leigh Rowney, the director of a 2008 production in Sydney, Australia, accepted that it would generate discussion on Christianity and homosexuality stating: "I wanted this play in the hands of a Christian person like myself to give it dignity but still open it up to answering questions about Christianity as a faith system." [edit]Reception It received critical attention for its exploration of gay themes in Christianity.[1][2][3]
It was also condemned by Catholic League, a Roman Catholic watchdog group, for what they viewed as blasphemy, sacrilege,[4][5] and anti-Catholicbigotry. Playwright Terrence McNally, a gay man, received death threats when it was played in the U.S.[6][7]
Its production in New York City was canceled then reinstated,[8] finally opening on 13 October 1998, directed by Joe Mantello.
It received its British premiere in 2000, produced by Theatre 28 and directed by Stephen Henry. When it was produced as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Anglican bishop Robert Forsyth considered the play to be offensive and historically incorrect.[6]
A condensed version of the play was performed without incident in 2001 as part of a student directing class at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.[importance?] The play returned briefly to a small New York theatre in 2008, gaining a sympathetic review by the New York Times, which also published an article linking the uproar in 1998 to the death of gay student Matthew Shepard.[8] In 2009, the play was performed at the Church of the Foothills in California.[9] In March 2010, a student performance of the play was canceled at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. The university had received many complaints about the play's scheduled performance, but its president, F. Dominic Dottavio, citing freedom of speech, declared that the play would be performed.[10] Dottavio's condemnation of the play in the same letter, though, has been criticized by campus free speech groups as giving encouragement to people trying to shut down the production.[11] After Texas's Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst weighed in saying, "No one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans," the performance was cancelled citing safety concerns.[12][13]
The play was already performed for a few weeks in Athens, Greece, when it caught the attention of right-wing organizations, as well as that of the neonazist parliamentary party Golden Dawn. This led to subsequent violent protests demanding the cancellation of the play, as well as to the jeering of the actors[14].
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corpus Christi is a passion play by Terrence McNally dramatizing the story of Jesus and the Apostles. Written in 1997 and first staged in New York in 1998, it depicts Jesus and the Apostles as gay men living in modern-day Texas. It utilizes modern devices like television with anachronisms like Roman occupation. Judas betrays Jesus because of sexual jealousy. Jesus administers gay marriage between two apostles.
Leigh Rowney, the director of a 2008 production in Sydney, Australia, accepted that it would generate discussion on Christianity and homosexuality stating: "I wanted this play in the hands of a Christian person like myself to give it dignity but still open it up to answering questions about Christianity as a faith system." [edit]Reception It received critical attention for its exploration of gay themes in Christianity.[1][2][3]
It was also condemned by Catholic League, a Roman Catholic watchdog group, for what they viewed as blasphemy, sacrilege,[4][5] and anti-Catholicbigotry. Playwright Terrence McNally, a gay man, received death threats when it was played in the U.S.[6][7]
Its production in New York City was canceled then reinstated,[8] finally opening on 13 October 1998, directed by Joe Mantello.
It received its British premiere in 2000, produced by Theatre 28 and directed by Stephen Henry. When it was produced as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Anglican bishop Robert Forsyth considered the play to be offensive and historically incorrect.[6]
A condensed version of the play was performed without incident in 2001 as part of a student directing class at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.[importance?] The play returned briefly to a small New York theatre in 2008, gaining a sympathetic review by the New York Times, which also published an article linking the uproar in 1998 to the death of gay student Matthew Shepard.[8] In 2009, the play was performed at the Church of the Foothills in California.[9] In March 2010, a student performance of the play was canceled at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. The university had received many complaints about the play's scheduled performance, but its president, F. Dominic Dottavio, citing freedom of speech, declared that the play would be performed.[10] Dottavio's condemnation of the play in the same letter, though, has been criticized by campus free speech groups as giving encouragement to people trying to shut down the production.[11] After Texas's Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst weighed in saying, "No one should have the right to use government funds or institutions to portray acts that are morally reprehensible to the vast majority of Americans," the performance was cancelled citing safety concerns.[12][13]
The play was already performed for a few weeks in Athens, Greece, when it caught the attention of right-wing organizations, as well as that of the neonazist parliamentary party Golden Dawn. This led to subsequent violent protests demanding the cancellation of the play, as well as to the jeering of the actors[14].
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