<![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy? - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy? - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:11:30 EDT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:11:30 EDT http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5407459 @StuntKockSteeev:
You don't need to know the plot to be offended by the lyrics: "Jesus Christ, who are you? What have you sacrificed?" The song directly questions the legitimacy of Christ's claims, and therefore questions the foundations of Christianity.

When I saw her sing this, I immediately thought that she'd lose votes. Yes, it's Broadway, but why would the fact that the theological point is being presented in a light-hearted and accessible way make it less offensive?


saturn

]]> 33:383925:c5407459 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:11:30 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5391631 that's what i've been saying!

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tubby

]]> 33:383925:c5391631 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:08:32 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5384890 @StuntKockSteeev: In the few years I attended an Assembly of God church in the early 70s, JCS was actively hated and denounced by nearly everyone. As one of the youth counselors put it to me: "Jesus wasn't a 'Superstar', he was the son of God." The very idea of telling the story in the form of a "rock" musical was repellant to them (and this was at a time when the church was making a real effort to appeal to teenagers). I don't imagine those attitudes have changed much.

The Illiterate

]]> 33:383925:c5384890 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:43:26 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5380916 As much as I'd love to throw the bible belt under the bus, I don't really believe this theory, because I'm not sure how many of them actually have a working knowledge of the plot/concept of "Jesus Christ Superstar". Maybe it managed to elude me for 25 years out of dumb luck (I'm not really a Broadway guy), but I don't know that these kind of people* think this quickly. People didn't react to (and boycott) "The Golden Compass" as individuals, they were told that there was a certain underlying message, and they responded to that message. That sort of direction takes time, and I just don't think there was enough time for that to happen. Thus, unless the entire Midwest all has shared the same JCS vendetta for decades, and this gave them their opportunity, I'd simply say it was a flukey elimination of someone they never really liked.

*"These people" meaning reactionary crazies, not the entirety of Christians, obviously.

StuntKockSteeev

]]> 33:383925:c5380916 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:11:43 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5380790 I thought she was voted off because she sucked. I mean, that's why I'm glad she's gone.

Rory B. Bellows

]]> 33:383925:c5380790 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:06:49 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5378525 If i was on AI, I would sing "Personal Jesus."

Cfredl54

]]> 33:383925:c5378525 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:46:51 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5378324 Just more evidence of the imminent Mormon takeover. A Latter-day candidate for President, two of the top five on Idol, and the dancer half of the reigning Dance with the Stars champs.

Prepare to don you magic underwear, America!

Hamm Beerger

]]> 33:383925:c5378324 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:40:06 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5376154 From an Am. id. message board "Taken out of the context of a Broadway musical, it came off kind of flippant and disrespectful."
Taken out of Broadway context... on Andrew Lloydd Webber night.
Taken out of context, an old british man telling David Cook he should sing his song as if he's trying to nail a 17 year old, sounds like American Idol supports statetory rape.

I wish the bible belt that runs this show had a good sense of humor. Next week is Neil Diamond week and we now have no chance of seeing and immigrant sing "Coming To America."



mashpeeoc

]]> 33:383925:c5376154 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:09:04 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5375685 That seems like a whole lot of conjecture, and I'm not sure much creedence to put in it given that one of the "buzzing" board threads on the topic begins with the following premise:

"There were alot of Christian voters in Carlys fan base because of her celine style voice ... "

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:383925:c5375685 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:51:56 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5375000 @Thierry: No, because it has "American" next to it, which cancels out the sinful effects of the word "Idol."

Carly, on the other hand, was not American, so no sin-cancellation could occur and she had to go.

(It's all very simple really.)

92BuickLeSabre

]]> 33:383925:c5375000 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:23:53 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5374672 Don't these people see any irony in worshiping...err...I mean "watching" Idol? Shouldn't the name of the show itself be a turnoff?

Thierry

]]> 33:383925:c5374672 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:09:36 EDT <![CDATA[Oh, Lordy: Did Carly Smithson Get Voted Off For Blasphemy?]]> http://idolator.com/383925/oh-lordy-did-carly-smithson-get-voted-off-for-blasphemy#c5374190 It may provide a hint as to who's still watching the show

I'm going to get into marketing a fish symbol with IDOL written inside it. It can't possibly fail.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:383925:c5374190 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:50:27 EDT