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The Blind Side (Family Guy)
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"The Blind Side"
Family Guy episode
Episode no.
Season 10
Episode 11
Directed by
Bob Bowen
Written by
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
Production code
9ACX06
Original air date
January 15, 2012
Guest appearance(s)
Jessica Barth
Carrie Fisher as Angela
Sara Fletcher as Kate
Hunter Gomez
Christine Lakin
Marlee Matlin as Stella
Tara Strong
Nana Visitor as Kate's Mother
Robert Wu
Episode chronology
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"The Blind Side" is the eleventh episode of the tenth season of the American animated sitcom Family Guy. The episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 15, 2012. In the episode, Peter meets Stella, the new worker who replaces Opie and is deaf. Quagmire falls for her and decides to have a party for disabled women at the bar, where Brian meets a blind girl named Kate and decides to date her. Meanwhile, Lois replaces the stairs after Stewie gets a splinter, but Peter constantly slips and falls down them and eventually decides to stay upstairs for good.
The episode was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by Bob Bowen. It features the guest performances of Jessica Barth, Carrie Fisher, Sara Fletcher, Hunter Gomez, Christine Lakin, Marlee Matlin, Tara Strong, Nana Visitor, and Robert Wu, along with several recurring voice actors for the series. It received mostly positive reviews.
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2 Reception
3 References
4 External links
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After Opie gets dismissed from the brewery (apparently for excessive on-the-job masturbation), Peter's new co-worker is a very attractive deaf woman named Stella. Quagmire stops by to visit Peter and is smitten by her, so he puts together a "Disabled Ladies Night" at the Clam.
While the gang is there, Brian sees an attractive blonde woman named Kate at the bar and successfully asks her out, only to learn that she is blind. They have a very nice first date but Brian is horrified to learn that Kate hates dogs. He decides to pretend to be a very hairy human, and wins her over by lying at length and by turning down offers of sex. He uses her blindness in various ruses, such as pretending he has taken her to the symphony when they are actually in the Griffins' garage. When Kate's parents come to visit her and invite her and Brian to dinner, Brian enlists Stewie to help him with another ruse: this one has Brian wrapped up in bandages and Stewie posing as his post-burn treatment nurse. Stewie even cuts off Brian's wagging tail and cauterizes the bleeding with a candle to keep up the charade, until Brian finally tells Kate the truth about himself. But Kate says that while she would have gotten over her anti-dog beliefs, she is through with Brian because he lied to her. However, Brian, on Stewie's advice, manages to use a different voice to continue his relationship with Kate.
Elsewhere, Stewie gets a splinter from the house's badly decaying staircase, and Lois decides to replace it (while she ignores a fallen roof beam and the fact that it's trapped Meg in the living room for two days). Everyone likes the new stairs except for Peter, who falls down them and severely injures himself whenever he tries to leave the top floor. He later decides he's just going to live upstairs, so Lois reluctantly has the old stairs reinstalled, and Peter is happy once more.
Reception[edit]
In its original broadcast on January 15, 2012, "The Blind Side" was watched by 8.50 million U.S. viewers and acquired a 4.4/10 rating in the 18–49 demographic,[1] a significant increase in ratings from the previous week's episode, "Meg and Quagmire."[2] This also makes it the highest-viewed episode since season nine's "New Kidney in Town", which was viewed by 9.29 million people. Critical reaction was fairly positive. Kate Moon of TV Fanatic did not think Peter's staircase subplot line was funny, and also thought the show should have used Marlee Matlin for more than just a few lines in the beginning, but she did think the episode was funny, specifically praising Stewie's moments in the episode. Ultimately, she gave the episode a 3.5 out of 5.[3]
Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+, saying "The cutaways that came out of this plot didn’t work for me, particularly Peter’s contraption that lifts Joe up, leading him to ecstatically believe that he’s dead and is rising to Heaven. The potshots at True Blood and Showgirls also fell flat because they felt like beating a dead horse, but I’ll take what I can get. When the main plot makes coherent sense, the B-plot makes me laugh consistently through simple but effective comedic escalation, and the cutaways don’t fill the room with groans, Family Guy succeeds. This is a decidedly above-average episode, and one that didn’t get dragged down by the little bits that didn’t work. It’s not as good as “Back to the Pilot,” which remains the high water mark of the season so far, but “The Blind Side” can rest comfortably in second place for now."[4]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Gorman, Bill (January 16, 2012). "Updated TV Ratings Sunday: 'Golden Globes' Down Slightly, FOX Animation Scores Big After Football, 'Once Upon A Time,' 'Housewives,' 'Good Wife' Fall". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ Seidman, Robert (January 10, 2012). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Cleveland,' 'Family Guy,' 'American Dad' Adjusted Up + Unscrambled 'The Good Wife,' 'CSI: Miami' & '60 Minutes'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
Jump up ^ Moon, Kate (January 16, 2012). "Family Guy Review: Disabled Ladies Night". TV Fanatic. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ McFarland, Kevin (2012-01-16). ""The Blind Side"". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
External links[edit]
"The Blind Side" on IMDb
"The Blind Side" at TV.com
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We Buy Any Car Limited
Type
Limited company
Industry
Automotive industry
Headquarters
Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
Number of locations
210+ branches (2015) [1]
Revenue
£557m (2014) [1]
Owner
BCA Market Place PLC
Number of employees
386 (2015) [1]
Parent
BCA
Website
www.webuyanycar.com
We Buy Any Car office in Asda car park at Middleton, Leeds.
We Buy Any Car Limited is an automotive purchasing and wholesale company headquartered in Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom.[2] It has branches in the U.K. and the United States. The U.S. corporate office is headquartered in Media, Pennsylvania in the Greater Philadelphia region.
The company was founded in 2006 by Noel and Darren McKee. In May 2010 the company expanded into the market of buying vans, through the brand webuyanyvan.com.[3] The company have had over 750,000 customers. In 2013, the company was purchased by the British Car Auctions (BCA). In 2015, BCA was floated on to the stock market.
Contents
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1 International Operations
2 Advertising
3 Research
4 Corporate social responsibility
5 References
6 External links
International Operations[edit]
In March 2011, We Buy Any Car launched operations in the United States of America.
Advertising[edit]
We Buy Any Car is well known within the United Kingdom for its advertisements that make use of repetitive beats.
In October 2015 the webuyanycar.com 'Breakdancing Newsreader' advert was voted as having the 7th most popular jingle of all TV ads over the past 60 years in The Sun newspaper.
In recent years We Buy Any Car have developed their advertising campaigns, showing various customers sat on plush sofas detailing their experience with webuyanycar.com. The well-known jingle has evolved into a more subtle xylophone chime played at the end of each advert.
The TV adverts have led to numerous parodies including We Hatch Any Egg[4] and We Buy Any Cat.[5]
Research[edit]
We Buy Any Car undertakes regular industry related research.
In late 2010, it released research highlighting the reduction in car maintenance skills amongst UK males.[6]
At the beginning of 2011, We Buy Any Car completed research into the most commonly used car names; concluding that the most common car name is 'Betty'.[7]
In March 2012, through analysis of more than 410,000 cars purchased, webuyanycar.com discovered that in 2012 for the first time, more women than men sold second hand cars. It also identified that the current "average" car sold in Britain is a five-year-old Vauxhall Corsa with 57,000 miles on the clock.[8]
In 2014 the company released the results of a mock Driving Theory Test on their website, revealing that 6 in 10 people who sat their test failed.
Corporate social responsibility[edit]
We Buy Any Car sponsors the charity Brake.[9]
In October 2012 it launched ‘See Me Stay Safe’ a campaign supported by Brake, to encourage children to stay visible as the days get darker. webuyanycar.com distributed 5,000 hi-visibility vests to 5,000 children from Chester before the clocks went back.[10]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "2011 Tech Track 100, Rank:25 We Buy Any Car". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "webuyanycar.com Terms & Conditions." We Buy Any Car. Retrieved on 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "We Buy Any Car Newsletter May 2010". Retrieved 17 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "We Hatch Any Egg". Retrieved 18 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "We Buy Any Cat". Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Men Dipsticks at Car Maintenance". Irish Independent. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Poll reveals popular car names". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
Jump up ^ Love, Martin (17 March 2013). "Volkswagen Golf: car review". The Guardian. London.
Jump up ^ "Brake". Retrieved 21 November 2011.
Jump up ^ "Road Safety Week an initiative by Brake - Home". Roadsafetyweek.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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Starring
John Legend
Sara Bareilles
Brandon Victor Dixon
Alice Cooper
Norm Lewis
Ben Daniels
Jason Tam
Jin Ha
Erik Grönwall
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
Production
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Tim Rice
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Marc Platt
Craig Zadan
Neil Meron
John Legend
Mike Jackson
Ty Stiklorius
Alex Rudzinski
Production location(s)
Marcy Avenue Armory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
New York City, New York
Running time
140 minutes
Production company(s)
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Marc Platt Productions
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Original network
NBC
Picture format
1080i (HDTV)
Original release
April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is an American musical television special that was broadcast live on NBC on April 1, 2018 (Easter Sunday). Executive produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, and Marc Platt, it was a staged concert performance of the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
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1 Description and plot
2 Cast and characters
2.1 Main
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3 Musical numbers
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Main article: Jesus Christ Superstar § Plot
The musical is almost entirely sung-through, with a minimal to no amount of spoken dialogue. The plot is loosely based on the Canonical Gospels' accounts of the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Jerusalem and ending with the crucifixion.
The apostle Judas Iscariot is worried that Jesus has become too swept up in the adoration of his followers, rather than focusing on his teachings about taking care of the poor, and that his following has grown too large and outspoken, which could soon provoke the wrath of the Roman empire ("Heaven on Their Minds"). Judas also object to Jesus spending his time with Mary Magdalene ("What's the Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying"), who advises Jesus to relax ("Everything's All Right"). Judas's fears prove justified as priests Caiaphas, Annas and more gather and agree that Jesus and his movement must be crushed ("This Jesus Must Die"). Jesus enters Jerusalem filled with exaltation ("Hosanna") until he discovers that his temple has become overrun with unscrupulous merchants and money lenders. Overwhelmed by a throng of people needing his assistance, he tells them to heal themselves, and his follower Mary Magdalene attempts to calm him. Fearing that Jesus' movement is getting out of control, Judas goes to the Priests and tells them where Jesus will be the following night. The Priests pay him with 30 pieces of silver. Judas arrives at Jesus' location with Roman soldiers and identifies Jesus by kissing him on the cheek. The soldiers arrest Jesus and send him to Caiaphas, then Pontius Pilate, King Herod, and finally back to Pilate, who condemns him to death on the cross.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
John Legend as Jesus Christ
Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene
Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas Iscariot
Alice Cooper as King Herod
Norm Lewis as Caiaphas
Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate
Jason Tam as Peter
Jin Ha as Annas
Erik Grönwall as Simon Zealotes
Ensemble[edit]
Melody Betts
Felicia Boswell
Abby Corrigan
Micaela Diamond
Rory Donovan
Christine Dwyer
Mike Evariste
F. Michael Haynie
Charissa Hogeland
Bre Jackson
Mykal Kilgore
Billy Lewis Jr.
Justin Gregory Lopez
Angel Lozada
Vince Oddo
Kyle Taylor Parker
Joel Perez
Jonah Platt
Conor Ryan
Christina Sajous
Justin Matthew Sargent
Heath Saunders
Joey Taranto
Syndee Winters
Lauren Zakrin
Dancers[edit]
Chloe Davis
Timothy Edwards
Shelby Finnie
Bahiyah Hibah
Juel D. Lane
Terk Lewis
Mayte Natalio
Sarah Parker
Willie Smith III
Maleek Washington
Musical numbers[edit]
The musical numbers from the track list of the soundtrack.[1]
Act I
"Overture" – Orchestra
"Heaven on Their Minds" – Judas
"What's the Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying" – Judas, Jesus, Mary, and Ensemble
"Everything's Alright" – Mary, Judas, Jesus, and Ensemble
"This Jesus Must Die" – Caiaphas, Annas, and Ensemble
"Hosanna" – Jesus, Caiaphas, and Ensemble
"Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem" - Simon Zealotes and Ensemble
"Pilate's Dream" – Pontius Pilate
"The Temple" - Jesus and Ensemble
"Everything's Alright (Reprise)" – Jesus and Mary
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" – Mary
"Damned for All Time / Blood Money" – Judas, Annas, Caiaphas, and Ensemble
Act II
"The Last Supper" – Jesus, Judas, and Ensemble
"Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)" – Jesus
"Transition" – Jesus and Judas
"The Arrest" – Jesus, Peter, Annas, Caiaphas, and Ensemble
"Peter's Denial" – Peter, Mary, and Ensemble
"Pilate and Christ" – Pilate, Soldier, Jesus, Ensemble
"King Herod's Song" – Herod and Company
"Transition After Herod" – Orchestra
"Could We Start Again, Please?" – Mary and Peter
"Judas' Death" – Judas, Annas, Caiaphas, and Ensemble
"Trial Before Pilate (Including the 39 Lashes)" – Pilate, Caiaphas, Jesus, and Ensemble
"Superstar" – Judas and Ensemble
"The Crucifixion" – Jesus and Ensemble
"John Nineteen: Forty One" – Orchestra
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On May 10, 2017, it was announced that NBC had selected Jesus Christ Superstar to be their next live musical event. Executive producers were expected to include Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Marc Platt, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice.[2][3][4] In December 2017, it was reported that British theater director David Leveaux would direct[5] and that the show would be performed in front of a live audience at the Marcy Avenue Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[6]
Members of the creative crew included costume designer Paul Tazewell and choreographer Camille A. Brown.[7]
Casting[edit]
In December 2017, it was announced that Alice Cooper had been cast as King Herod[5] and John Legend had been cast in the title role of Jesus Christ.[6] The following month, it was announced that Sara Bareilles would play Mary Magdalene.[8] In February 2018, it was announced that Brandon Victor Dixon, Norm Lewis, Ben Daniels, Jason Tam, Jin Ha and Erik Grönwall had been cast as Judas, Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, Peter, Annas and Simon Zealotes, respectively.[9][10][11]
The production included a cast of forty-four actors, including Joel Perez and Lauren Zakrin, and additional dancers.[12][13][14]
Filming[edit]
The live production included an on-camera audience of about 1,500 people. Some of these extras lined two sides of the stage and formed a mosh pit effect.[15] The production was expected to utilize as many as twelve cameras to film the special.[12] In addition, a full dress rehearsal performance took place on Saturday, March 31, 2018 in front of an invited audience and was recorded. In the event of any difficulties during the live broadcast, the recording served as an emergency backup. It was ultimately not needed.[16]
Marketing[edit]
On January 7, 2018, NBC aired the first teaser trailer for the special during their broadcast of the 75th Golden Globe Awards.[17]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response from critics since it aired. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the production holds a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 based on 23 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Shaking up traditional religious and musical iconography, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is a sight to be heard, superbly infiltrating the classic source material with originality, rock legend star power, and soulful depth."[18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the production a score of 81 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[19]
In a positive review, The New York Times's Noel Murray praised the special saying, "A conceptual and artistic triumph, NBC’s live telecast of Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter Sunday may have finally justified the recent live musical fad on network TV. Some technical flubs and one mixed-bag lead performance aside, the production was genuinely thrilling, taking chances with the staging of a classic but controversial Broadway show, much more daring than previous live musical broadcasts like The Sound of Music or Peter Pan."[20] Offering similar acclaim, The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney said, "But here's the thing: This was a phenomenally balanced production of Jesus Christ Superstar, in which star power was equaled by depth of feeling and characterization in all the principals. And the immediacy of television, with close-ups capable of bringing us in tight on the performers' faces, gave Jesus and Mary Magdalene a complexity that often is missing from conventional productions."[21] Lorraine Ali of The Los Angeles Times also lauded the production saying, "The show was a collision of religion and theater and pop culture that could have been one holy mess. But by the grace of God, or maybe a great cast and lots and lots of expert staging, a great musical became a great TV production."[22] In a more mixed review, Maureen Ryan of Variety said, "This musical threw together glitter, sequins, leather, writhing hotties, a few big performances pitched to the last row, and camerawork that often felt as though it was hopped up on too many lattes. Actually, the ragged edges of a unifying concept did emerge over the course of the NBC musical’s two-hour-and-20-minute running time: If its philosophy could be summed up in one word, “excess” would just about cover it. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. But this live show was a lot."[23]
Ratings[edit]
The production was watched by a total of 9.6 million viewers and earned a 1.7 rating in adults 18-49 in Live + Same Day.[24] It was the most-viewed program of the night of both network and cable programming.[25]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.
2018 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Pending [26]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie John Legend Pending
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Brandon Victor Dixon Pending
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Sara Bareilles Pending
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special David Leveaux and Alex Rudzinski Pending
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special Bernard Telsey and Patrick Goodwin Pending
Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming Paul Tazewell, Laaleh Mizani, Heather Lockard, and Rory Powers Pending
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Charles LaPointe and Kevin Maybee Pending
Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special Al Gurdon, Travis Hagenbuch, Ben Green, Kirk J. Miller, and Eric Christian Pending
Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Joe Dulude II, Angela L. Johnson, Milagros Medina-Cerdeira, LaSoyna Gunter, Margie Durand, and Andrew Sotomayor Pending
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special Jason Ardizzone-West and Melissa Shakun Pending
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Thomas Holmes, Ellen Fitton, John Harris, Brian Flanzbaum, Mark Weglinski, David Crawford, Dan Gerhard, Mike Bove, Jason Sears, and Christian Schrader Pending
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special Eric Becker, Emelie Scaminaci, Ka-Lai Wong, Shaun Harkins, Raymond Hoover, Jay Kulick, Ron Lehman, Tore Livia, Adam Margolis, Lyn Noland, Jimmy O'Donnell, Mark S. Renaudin, and Andrew Waruszewski Pending
Other media[edit]
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar[edit]
Promotional poster.
On March 28, 2018, a one-hour special titled Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar premiered on NBC in honor of Webber's 70th birthday and to promote the coming premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. In the special, Webber was interviewed by Glenn Close, John Legend, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. It also included appearances by some of the performers from Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert in various rehearsal scenes from the show.[27]
The special was executive produced and directed by Brad Lachman and written and produced by Matt Lachman. Interviews were conducted at Sardi's restaurant, Power Station recording studio, and the Renaissance Hotel Times Square. Production companies involved in the special included Brad Lachman Productions and Universal Television.[28][29]
Soundtrack[edit]
Jesus Christ Superstar
Live in Concert
Soundtrack album by Cast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Released
April 6, 2018
Label
Sony Masterworks
An official soundtrack was released by Sony Masterworks, digitally on April 6, 2018, and physically on April 27, 2018.[30]
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
No.
Title
Length
1. "Overture" 4:29
2. "Heaven on Their Minds" 4:30
3. "What's The Buzz / Strange Thing Mystifying" 4:22
4. "Everything's Alright" 4:05
5. "This Jesus Must Die" 3:36
6. "Hosanna" 2:59
7. "Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem" 5:12
8. "Pilate's Dream" 1:48
9. "The Temple" 5:17
10. "Everything's Alright (Reprise)" 0:40
11. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" 3:40
12. "Damned for All Time / Blood Money" 4:33
13. "The Last Supper" 7:10
14. "Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)" 5:44
15. "Transition" 0:22
16. "The Arrest" 4:02
17. "Peter's Denial" 0:38
18. "Pilate and Christ" 2:58
19. "King Herod's Song" 3:22
20. "Transition After Herod" 0:39
21. "Could We Start Again, Please?" 2:35
22. "Judas's Death" 4:54
23. "Trial Before Pilate (Including The 39 Lashes)" 6:19
24. "Superstar" 4:34
25. "The Crucifixion" 1:48
26. "John Nineteen: Forty One" 2:48
27. "Curtain Call" 2:34
Total length: 1:35:00
See also[edit]
2018 in American television
The Passion, a 2016 television special on Fox
Christianity portal
Musical theatre portal
Television in the United States portal
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (May 10, 2017). "'Jesus Christ Superstar' Set as NBC's Next Live Musical". Variety.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew (May 10, 2017). "NBC Will Broadcast Jesus Christ Superstar Live! - Playbill". Playbill.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
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^ Jump up to: a b Pedersen, Erik (December 8, 2017). "'Jesus Christ Superstar Live!': Alice Cooper to Play King Herod; David Leveaux Directs". Deadline. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^ Jump up to: a b White, Peter (December 19, 2017). "John Legend To Play Jesus In NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!'". Deadline. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
Jump up ^ Littleton, Cynthia (February 28, 2018). "Music and Audience Take Center Stage in NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert'". Variety. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Clement, Olivia (February 22, 2018). "Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon to Star as Judas In NBC's Live Jesus Christ Superstar | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
Jump up ^ Boedeker, Hal (February 2, 2018). "'Jesus Christ Superstar': Norm Lewis to play Caiaphas". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (February 22, 2018). "'Hamilton' Star Brandon Victor Dixon To Star As Judas In NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar'". Deadline. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
^ Jump up to: a b Dawn, Randee (March 28, 2018). "NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' Blends the Crafts". Variety. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Flip Through Our Exclusive Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Playbill | Playbill". Playbill. March 30, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Credits | NBCUniversal Media Village". NBCUniversal Media Village. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Zuckerman, Esther (March 29, 2018). "Can Jesus Christ Superstar Live Capture the Holy Grail?". Variety. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ Brandt, Robert (April 3, 2018). "Drummer Jamey Tate Talks Jesus Christ Superstar Live". Prologix Percussion Blog. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hayes, Dade (January 8, 2018). "NBC Promo For 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Primes Viewers For Easter Music Miracle". Deadline. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
Jump up ^ "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Murray, Noel (April 2, 2018). "Review: In 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' an Old Story for (Yet Another) New Millennium". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Rooney, David (April 1, 2018). "'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Ali, Lorraine (April 2, 2018). "NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' shouldn't have worked. Here's why it did". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Ryan, Maureen (April 1, 2018). "TV Review: 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert' on NBC". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 2, 2018). "'Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert' Tops 'American Idol' & 'The Passion' To Lead Easter Sunday Ratings – Update". Deadline. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Jump up ^ Metcalf, Mitch (April 3, 2018). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.1.2018". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hipes, Patrick (July 12, 2018). "Emmy Nominations: 'Game Of Thrones' Tops Noms, With Netflix & HBO Leading Way". Deadline. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
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Jump up ^ "Watch Now! NBC Honors Andrew Lloyd Webber With 'Tribute to a Superstar'". Broadway World. March 29, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew (March 20, 2018). "Masterworks Broadway Will Release Recording of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Love in the Time of Cholera
First edition (Colombia)
Author
Gabriel García Márquez
Original title
El amor en los tiempos del cólera
Translator
Edith Grossman
Country
Colombia
Language
Spanish
Publisher
Editorial Oveja Negra (Colombia)
Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date
1985
Published in English
1988
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
348 pp (First English hardback edition)
Love in the Time of Cholera (Spanish: El amor en los tiempos del cólera) is a novel by Nobel prize winner Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez first published in Spanish in 1985. Alfred A. Knopf published an English translation in 1988, and an English-language movie adaptation was released in 2007.
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot summary
1.1 Other characters
2 Setting
3 Major themes
3.1 Narrative as seduction
3.2 Narrative as deconstruction
3.3 Love as an emotional and physical disease
3.4 Aging and death
4 Film adaptation
5 References in popular culture
6 Publication details
7 Footnotes
8 External links
Plot summary[edit]
The main characters of the novel are Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. Florentino and Fermina fall in love in their youth. A secret relationship blossoms between the two with the help of Fermina's Aunt Escolástica. They exchange several love letters. However, once Fermina's father, Lorenzo Daza, finds out about the two, he forces his daughter to stop seeing Florentino immediately. When she refuses, he and his daughter move in with his deceased wife's family in another city. Regardless of the distance, Fermina and Florentino continue to communicate via telegraph. However, upon her return, Fermina realizes that her relationship with Florentino was nothing but a dream since they are practically strangers; she breaks off her engagement to Florentino and returns all his letters.
A young and accomplished national hero, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, meets Fermina and begins to court her. Despite her initial dislike of Urbino, Fermina gives in to her father's persuasion and the security and wealth Urbino offers, and they wed. Urbino is a medical doctor devoted to science, modernity, and "order and progress". He is committed to the eradication of cholera and to the promotion of public works. He is a rational man whose life is organized precisely and who greatly values his importance and reputation in society. He is a herald of progress and modernization.[1]
Even after Fermina's engagement and marriage, Florentino swore to stay faithful and wait for her. However, his promiscuity gets the better of him. Even with all the women he is with, he makes sure that Fermina will never find out. Meanwhile, Fermina and Urbino grow old together, going through happy years and unhappy ones and experiencing all the reality of marriage. At an elderly age, Urbino attempts to get his pet parrot out of his mango tree, only to fall off the ladder he was standing on and die. After the funeral, Florentino proclaims his love for Fermina once again and tells her he has stayed faithful to her all these years. Hesitant at first because of the advances he made to a newly made widow, Fermina eventually gives him a second chance. They attempt a life together, having lived two lives separately for over five decades.
Urbino's function in the novel is to contrast with Florentino Ariza and his archaic and boldly romantic love. Urbino proves in the end not to have been an entirely faithful husband, confessing one affair to Fermina many years into their marriage. Though the novel seems to suggest that Urbino's love for Fermina was never as spiritually chaste as Florentino Ariza's was, it also complicates Florentino's devotion by cataloging his many trysts as well as a few potentially genuine loves. By the end of the book, Fermina comes to recognize Florentino's wisdom and maturity, and their love is allowed to blossom during their old age.
Other characters[edit]
Lorenzo Daza – Fermina Daza's father, a mule driver; he despised Florentino and forced him to stop meeting Fermina. He is revealed to have been involved in some illicit businesses to build his fortune.
Jeremiah de Saint-Amour – The man whose suicide is introduced as the opening to the novel; a photographer and chess-player.
Aunt Escolástica – The woman who attempts to aid Fermina in her early romance with Florentino by delivering their letters for them. She is ultimately sent away by Lorenzo Daza for this.
Tránsito Ariza – Florentino's mother.
Hildebranda Sánchez – Fermina's cousin.
Miss Barbara Lynch – The woman with whom Urbino confesses having had an affair, the only one during his long marriage.
Leona Cassiani – She starts out as the "personal assistant" to Uncle Leo XII at the R.C.C., the company which Florentino eventually controls. At one point, it is revealed that the two share a deep respect, possibly even love, for each other, but will never actually be together. She has a maternal love for him as a result of his "charity" in rescuing her from the streets and giving her a job.
Diego Samaritano – The captain of the riverboat on which Fermina and Florentino ride at the end of the novel.
América Vicuña – The fourteen-year-old girl who towards the end of the novel is sent to live with Florentino; he is her guardian while she is in school. They have a sexual relationship, and after being rejected by Florentino and failing her exams, she kills herself. Her suicide illustrates the selfish nature of Florentino's love for Fermina.
Setting[edit]
The story occurs mainly in an unnamed port city somewhere near the Caribbean Sea and the Magdalena River. Given that Rafael Núñez is mentioned as the "author of the national anthem", the country is likely Colombia. While the city remains unnamed throughout the novel, descriptions and names of places suggest it is based on Cartagena with the addition of the Magdalena River, which meets the sea at the nearby city of Barranquilla. The fictional city is divided into such sections as "The District of the Viceroys" and "The Arcade of the Scribes." The novel takes place approximately during the half century between 1880 and 1930.[2] The city's "steamy and sleepy streets, rat-infested sewers, old slave quarter, decaying colonial architecture, and multifarious inhabitants" are mentioned variously in the text and mingle amid the lives of the characters.[3] Locations within the story include:
The house Fermina shares with her husband, Dr. Juvenal Urbino.
The "transient hotel" where Florentino Ariza stays for a brief time.
Ariza's office at the river company.
The Arcade of the Scribes.
The Magdalena River.
Major themes[edit]
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Narrative as seduction[edit]
Some critics choose to consider Love in the Time of Cholera as a sentimental story about the enduring power of true love. Others criticize this opinion as being too simple. García Márquez himself said in an interview, "you have to be careful not to fall into my trap."[4]
This is manifested by Ariza's excessively romantic attitude toward life, and his gullibility in trying to retrieve the sunken treasure of a shipwreck. It is also made evident by the fact that society in the story believes that Fermina and Juvenal Urbino are perfectly happy in their marriage, while the reality of the situation is not so ideal. Critic Keith Booker compares Ariza's position to that of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, saying that just as Humbert is able to charm the reader into sympathizing with his situation, even though he is a "pervert, a rapist, and a murderer," Ariza is able to garner the reader's sympathy, even though the reader is reminded repeatedly of his more sinister exploits.[4]
Narrative as deconstruction[edit]
The novel examines romantic love in myriad forms, both "ideal" and "depraved", and continually forces the reader to question such ready-made characterizations by introducing elements antithetical to these facile judgments.
Love as an emotional and physical disease[edit]
García Márquez's main notion is that lovesickness is literally an illness, a disease comparable to cholera. Florentino suffers from this just as he might suffer from any malady. At one point, he conflates his physical pain with his amorous pain when he vomits after eating flowers in order to imbibe Fermina's scent. In the final chapter, the Captain's declaration of metaphorical plague is another manifestation of this.
The term cholera as it is used in Spanish, cólera, can also denote passion or human rage and ire in its feminine form. (The English adjective choleric has the same meaning.) Considering this meaning, the title is a pun: cholera as the disease, and cholera as passion, which raises the central question of the book: is love helped or hindered by extreme passion? The two men can be contrasted as the extremes of passion: one having too much, one too little; the central question of which is more conducive to love and happiness becomes the specific, personal choice that Fermina faces through her life. Florentino's passionate pursuit of nearly countless women stands in contrast to Urbino's clinical discussion of male anatomy on their wedding night. Urbino's eradication of cholera in the town takes on the additional symbolic meaning of ridding Fermina's life of rage, but also passion. It is this second meaning to the title that manifests itself in Florentino's hatred for Urbino's marriage to Fermina, as well as in the social strife and warfare that serves as a backdrop to the entire story.
Aging and death[edit]
Jeremiah Saint-Amour's death inspires Urbino to meditate on his own death, and especially on the infirmities that precede it. It is necessary for Fermina and Florentino to transcend not only the difficulties of love, but also the societal opinion that love is a young person's prerogative (not to mention the physical difficulties of love when one is older).
Film adaptation[edit]
Main article: Love in the Time of Cholera (film)
Stone Village Pictures bought the movie rights from the author for US$3 million, and Mike Newell was chosen to direct it, with Ronald Harwood writing the script. Filming started in Cartagena, Colombia, during September 2006.[5]
The $50 million film, the first major foreign production filmed in the scenic walled city in twenty years,[5] was released on November 16, 2007, by New Line Cinema. On his own initiative, García Márquez persuaded singer Shakira, who is from the nearby city of Barranquilla, to provide two songs for the film.
References in popular culture[edit]
In the movie Serendipity, Sara asks Jonathan to write his name and phone number on a $5 bill, while she writes her name and number on the inside cover of a copy of Love in the Time of Cholera. If they are meant to be together, he will find the book and she will find the $5 bill, and they will find their way back to each other.
The book is referenced in the TV series How I Met Your Mother. It was Ted Mosby and Tracy McConnell's (aka the Mother's) favorite book.
In the film High Fidelity the character Rob Gordon mentions the novel: "Hey, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I've read books like The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Love in the Time of Cholera, and I think I've understood them. They're about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash's autobiography Cash by Johnny Cash."
Also, in the film Playing It Cool, Topher Grace plays the character Scott. Scott is a writer and is deeply moved by the book so much that he often leaves copies of the book in public places for others to find and read. He leaves a note in the book for the assumed reader explaining how this book changed his life. Chris Evans the main character/narrator finally picks up the book to read. After reading the book, the narrator applies it to his own life. He says that there are people in our lives that are so important, they dwarf everything else.
Publication details[edit]
1985, Colombia, Spanish edition, Oveja Negra, 1985, hardback ISBN 958-06-0000-7 and paperback ISBN 958-06-0001-5 (first edition)
1985, Argentina, Spanish edition, Editorial Sudamericana, 1985, hardback ISBN 950-07-0321-1(E) (first Argentine edition)
1985, Mexico DF, Spanish edition, Editorial Diana, 1985, paperback ISBN 968-13-1547-2 (first Mexican edition: 100,000 copies)
1988, US, Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0-394-56161-9, Pub date 1 January 1988, hardback (first English-language edition)
1989, US, Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-011990-6, Pub date 7 September 1989, paperback
2003, US, Vintage International ISBN 1-4000-3468-X, paperback
Footnotes[edit]
Jump up ^ Morana, Mabel (winter, 1990). "Modernity and Marginality in Love in the Time of Cholera". Studies in Twentieth Century Literature 14:27–43
Jump up ^ Simpson, Mona (September 1, 1988) "Love Letters". London Review of Books 10:22–24
Jump up ^ Taylor, Anna-Marie (1995). Reference Guide to World Literature, 2nd ed. St. James Press.
^ Jump up to: a b Booker, M. Keith (summer, 1993) "The Dangers of Gullible Reading: Narrative as Seduction in García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera". Studies in Twentieth Century Literature 17:181-95
^ Jump up to: a b A.R. Lakshmanan, Indira. "Love in the Time of Cholera: On location, out on a limb". December 11, 2006. Accessed May 26, 2007.
External links[edit]
The Heart's Eternal Vow – New York Times Book Review from 1988 by Thomas Pynchon
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