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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as puppet of a regime that openly detests him and his people.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as a puppet of a regime that openly detests him and his people.
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* RecycledInSpace: It’s the crucifixion restaged in Manchester in 2006.
* TheReveal: The audience doesn't find out that [[spoiler: TheNarrator is Pontius Pilate]] until [[spoiler:Jesus is brought before him for trial.]]
* TheReveal: The audience doesn't find out that [[spoiler: TheNarrator is Pontius Pilate]] until [[spoiler:Jesus is brought before him for trial.]]
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* RecycledInSpace: It’s the crucifixion restaged in Manchester in 2006.
* TheReveal:NarratorAllAlong: The audience doesn't find out that [[spoiler: TheNarrator is Pontius Pilate]] until [[spoiler:Jesus is brought before him for trial.]]]]
* RecycledInSpace: It’s the crucifixion restaged in Manchester in 2006.
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* RecycledInSpace: It’s the crucifixion restaged in Manchester in 2006.
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PassionPlay staged by Creator/TheBBC on the streets of Manchester on Good Friday 2006, told through [[JukeboxMusical pre-existing songs]] from from Manchester artists. The show consists from various scenes from the story
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PassionPlay staged by Creator/TheBBC on the streets of Manchester on Good Friday 2006, told through [[JukeboxMusical pre-existing songs]] from from Manchester artists. The show consists from various scenes from the story
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* {{Expy}}: Darren Morfitt as Jesus bears more than a passing resemblance in appearance and affect to Sam Tyler from ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'', which was one of the biggest TV shows in Britain at the time that just happened to be set in Manchester.
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* {{Expy}}: Darren Morfitt as Jesus bears more than a passing resemblance in appearance and affect to Sam Tyler from ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'', which was one of the biggest TV shows in Britain at the time that just happened to be set in Manchester.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as puppet of a regime that openly detests him and others like him.
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* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as puppet of a regime that openly detests him and others like him.his people.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The show leans into the idea of Jesus as someone existing on the margins of society who was vulnerable to the machinations of an overreaching state in order to reflect contemporary concerns about the UK government’s participation in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror.
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* {{Expy}}: Darren Morfitt as Jesus bears more than a passing resemblance in appearance and affect to Sam Tyler from ''Series/LifeOnMars'', ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'', which was one of the biggest TV shows in Britain at the time that just happened to be set in Manchester.
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* {{Expy}}: Darren Morfitt as Jesus bears more than a passing resemblance in appearance and affect to Sam Tyler from ''Series/LifeOnMars'', which was one of the biggest TV shows in Britain at the time that just happened to be set in Manchester.
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PassionPlay staged by Creator/TheBBC on the streets of Manchester on Good Friday 2006, told through [[JukeboxMusical pre-existing songs]] from from Manchester artists. The show consists from various scenes from the story
!!Provides examples of:
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as puppet of a regime that openly detests him and others like him.
* FriendlyLocalChinatown: The procession passes through Manchester’s Chinatown at one point.
* TheReveal: The audience doesn't find out that [[spoiler: TheNarrator is Pontius Pilate]] until [[spoiler:Jesus is brought before him for trial.]]
!!Provides examples of:
* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now'' by Music/TheSmiths goes from being a song about the frustration of being unable to identify the root cause of your unhappiness to a song about Judas bitterly regretting his betrayal of someone he loved and not being able to understand why he’s let himself be used as puppet of a regime that openly detests him and others like him.
* FriendlyLocalChinatown: The procession passes through Manchester’s Chinatown at one point.
* TheReveal: The audience doesn't find out that [[spoiler: TheNarrator is Pontius Pilate]] until [[spoiler:Jesus is brought before him for trial.]]
