From The Independent - a look a new musical about Pope John Paul II:
Mamma Mia certainly did the business in reviving Abba's worldwide reputation; now the Catholic Church is hoping a new, all-singing, all-dancing biography can do the same for John Paul II and his flock.
The posthumous reputation of the Polish pontiff appears to be at a crossroads. As the Vatican clears the way for his beatification, serious questions have emerged about John Paul's responsibility for the clerical paedophilia scandal that has exploded into the open in Europe this year.
It is not all organ music and choirboys. To pull in the crowds, there are songs from home favourite Giuni Russo, an Italian blend of Grace Jones, Dusty Springfield and Cliff Richard. John Paul II doubtless appreciated the religious songs of her later years even if he didn't approve of her sexual ambiguity. And there are other populist touches, including rap music and Fame-style dance routines, leading the theatre critic of Italy's business daily Il Sole 24 Ore to pronounce the show "pure pop". It is perhaps an appropriate tribute to the man, often dubbed "the rock star Pope", whose death in 2005 drew 3million people to Rome to pay their respects.
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Anything can be a musical! Maybe the big ballad is titled "Don't Cry for Me Catholics."
And to begin blaming PJII on the pedofile scandles? Really? Wow. Sure he had his hand in it by not doing anything about it, but isn't that the history of pontificle rule of Catholic Church history? So much is hidden away from the realities of the world that I am sure we would pee-out-of-eyes if we discovered the truth. About anything. But why point blame on the past when the past is done? Here's a radicle idea: let's move forward and start change from here and now. Argh! Sometimes I get too angry at all this.
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