The Original Jesus
An Easter Story
Last year on Good Friday, my mom - who was en visite - and I headed out to see the 550-actor strong Passion Play carried out in the city-theatre of Fazenda Nova or Nova Jerusalem, 180km from Recife. This year, a friend and I decided to see the locally produced version of the play which was being staged at Marco Zero in Old Recife. Before heading out, I was having a conversation with Mark. It went something like this:
Mark: So, any plans for Easter?
Me: Well, we were thinking of going to the Passion Play in Old Recife.
Mark: That's cool.
Me: Yeah, it's starring the original Jesus.
Mark: The original Jesus?
Me: Yeah.
Mark: The very first Jesus?
Me: Yeah.
Mark: Really?
Me: Yeah. You know, the guy who first played Jesus in Fazenda Novo back before Globo took over and started casting their starlets of the day and reality show winners as the main actors.
Mark: Oh, that original Jesus.
Me: [lightbulb goes on] Riiiiiiight.
You would have thought however, that it actually was the original Jesus from the way that the crowd went wild when the actor burst out of his tomb in a sound and light show to rival the hippest of night clubs.
Last year on Good Friday, my mom - who was en visite - and I headed out to see the 550-actor strong Passion Play carried out in the city-theatre of Fazenda Nova or Nova Jerusalem, 180km from Recife. This year, a friend and I decided to see the locally produced version of the play which was being staged at Marco Zero in Old Recife. Before heading out, I was having a conversation with Mark. It went something like this:
Mark: So, any plans for Easter?
Me: Well, we were thinking of going to the Passion Play in Old Recife.
Mark: That's cool.
Me: Yeah, it's starring the original Jesus.
Mark: The original Jesus?
Me: Yeah.
Mark: The very first Jesus?
Me: Yeah.
Mark: Really?
Me: Yeah. You know, the guy who first played Jesus in Fazenda Novo back before Globo took over and started casting their starlets of the day and reality show winners as the main actors.
Mark: Oh, that original Jesus.
Me: [lightbulb goes on] Riiiiiiight.
You would have thought however, that it actually was the original Jesus from the way that the crowd went wild when the actor burst out of his tomb in a sound and light show to rival the hippest of night clubs.
posted by Karen @ 12:44 p.m.
1 Comments:
original jesus...i must confess that i got a really confused!
it's nice seeing that they recovered the original jesus!!
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