Watched the Manchester Passion on BBC3 last Easter and watched a repeat again last night. Found the whole production powerfully moving (as I did last year) – particularly the illuminated 8m long white cross being carried through the streets of the city. The use of “classic Mancunian songs” such as “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” (The Smiths) and “You’re Gonna Need Someone On Your Side” (Morrissey) was surprisingly apt and relevant. I’d read St John’s account of Jesus’s crucifixion in “The Message//Remix” during the course of the afternoon and found it equally fresh and thought-provoking.
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We watched it last year and Dave saw it last night - I found it too moving to watch all the way through again. The choices of songs are brilliant, it makes it very real. Keith Allen makes a perfect pilate doesn't he? Very interested, likes Jesus but isn't prepared to do anything about him.
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