http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16747/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/wapo-snickers-sacrilegious-show-comes-dc <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seward">Julia Seward</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Portraying Jesus as “half-naked, obese and spoiled” is just fine with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:state> Post.</i></p> <br /> <p >The corpulent Christ is one of the characters of “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” which opened Wednesday at the Studio Theatre in D.C.  The sacrilegious show inspired a Catholic group from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Spring Grove</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">PA</st1:state></st1:place>, to protest the premiere.</p> <div style="FLOAT: right"> </div> <p></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/wapo-snickers-sacrilegious-show-comes-dc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education Family AmericanSocietyfortheDefenseofTradition AmyArgetsinger andProperty blasphemy JerrySpringerTheOpera jesus RoxanneRoberts sacrilege WashingtonPost Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0000 admin 28149 at http://archive2.mrc.org