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...decision rebuffs the attempts of government attorneys to subpoena Dr. Leonard Rodberg, an aide to Gravel, and Howard Webber, head of the MIT Press, whom Gravel reportedly contacted about publication of the Pentagon Papers...
...seems sad that Jesus Christ Superstar has become garbed in controversy. The question of whether Christ was God is nothing new. Rice and Webber's version emphasizes the humanity rather than the divinity. In fact, the very "putting aside" of the idea of God for a while enabled me, for the first time, to really see and understand Jesus as man. He had doubts and fears, but did make the ultimate sacrifice. Through this production I came to know him more as man, and this experience enabled me to love him more...
...would have it seem as if the Broadway production were done solely for the entertainment of fag New Yorkers and the conceit and pocketbook of Tom O'Horgan. Whether they intended to do so, Rice and Webber have composed a work that speaks to modern Christians. Despite the silver shorts and $20,000 robe...
...considerably overdone, however, they are not without foundation. Wall Street justifiably shows more concern than Washington about the Administration's new mercantilism. "We may hang on to the 10% import surcharge longer than we should and touch off a trade war," says Robert Johnson, economist for Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, a big brokerage house. "It could lead to a worldwide recession, and that worries me more than anything." Domestically, adds Richard Johnson, president of Dreyfus-Marine Midland Management Corp., the economy is going through "sort of a limbo period." Analysts are still waiting for the first conclusive signs...
Honest men may differ as to just how dreadful, hopeful or insignificant the commercial Jesus fad is, including Jesus Christ Superstar as its centerpiece. Balanced against the enduring metaphor, the bitter and sweet mystery that the life of Christ embodies, Lloyd Webber and Rice's rock opera seems sad enough. It is depressing to imagine what certainly is the case, that too many Americans, whether religious or not, will know no more of the Gospels and the Passion than Superstar presents. Yet with all its sins of omission and commission, the production very well dramatizes one transcendental meaning...