The RENT-ification of Jesus Christ Superstar. The only changes are to character’s names and locations. Feels more like an extended worship music concert than a musical because, even though this is just the Jesus story again, there is very little plot or through-line.
Most actors in Hero aren’t good. The actor who plays Hero/Jesus has very little personality and seems a bit too into himself. The worst of the bunch is the guy who plays Judas/Jude. His facial expressions are very over-exaggerated at points. He is really going for the gold, and he seems convinced that he is killing it. He’s very sure of himself, but he’s doing an awful job.
Hero boasts a whopping total of 31 original songs (and not even one of them is remotely close to approaching good) all played in succession with almost no dialogue being spoken in-between. It’s an exhausting show, not to mention they spend barely any time on the crucifixion part (a shame, as Hero/Jesus being hung from a city street sign isn’t a bad visual). Long story short: It’s bad. Very, very, very bad. I can’t imagine why kid me was low-key obsessed with this album for a brief period of time.
1 STAR
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