Lenten Passion plays across the Christian world attract tourist and tourism's dollars, Euros and even Asian visitors with a yuan for crucifixions. Most of the dramatic reenactments of the final days of the Jesus myth, like the gospels, pays special attention to the bathos of the betrayal. What more human tale is there than the slimy greedmeister turning the innocent hero like an egg over easy.
This audience pleaser may have lost some of its punch this Lent as rumours from heaven and hell suggest that Jesus himself has decided to forgive his betrayer, Judas. Passion play producers and directors from Tucson, Arizona to Germany's Oberammergau Passionspiel are protesting the obvious lack of dramatic insight in the Lord and Saviour's decision.
Play director, Hans Drivendanails said that Mel gibson had the right idea when he invented new and totally bullshit events to underscore the suffering of the Messiah. The average believer does not want a nonviolent and forgiving Jesus. they want a totally vanquished martyr who returns to kick serious ass.
