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Characters: Jesus Christ Superstar

Alternative Character Interpretation can apply to just about any of these characters and YMMV highly. There's a reason why this play was extremely controversial when it came out. All interpretations are welcome but treat others' interpretations with the respect you'd want them to give yours.

Judas

Alas, Poor Villain
Anti-Villain
Apologetic Attacker
Beauty Equals Goodness: Depending on how you interpret his character, his being played by a balding middle aged man who hasn't shaved recently in the 2000 version either subverts or plays it straight.
BSOD Song
Doomed by Canon
Driven to Suicide
Evil Costume Switch: 2000 film. After betraying Jesus to the Pharisees, Judas takes off his jacket to show off his black shirt, and when he commits suicide, he now wears red.
Ho Yay: With Jesus, turned Up to Eleven in the 2000 film...to the point where the last straw before his betrayal was catching Jesus and Mary Magdalene in a compromising position.
Jerkass Façade
Jerkass Woobie
Knight in Sour Armor
The Lancer
My God, What Have I Done?
Necessarily Evil
Sour Supporter
Supporting Protagonist
Tears of Remorse
Unwitting Pawn

Jesus

Bishōnen: Particularly Glenn Carter's Jesus.
Born in the Wrong Century
If you'd come today you would have reached the whole nation / Israel in 4 B.C. had no mass communication
Break the Cutie
Celibate Hero
Doomed by Canon
Groupie Brigade
Heroic Sacrifice
Hurting Hero
Incorruptible Pure Pureness
Jesus Was Crazy: According to Pilate and Judas.
Jesus Was Way Cool: According to Mary Magdalene, Simon and Caiaphas.
Light is Good
The Messiah
Too Good For This Sinful Earth
Unwitting Pawn
Well-Intentioned Extremist: At least from Judas and the Council's point of view

Simon Zealotes

Peter

Angry Black Man: Peter gets a bit of this in the 2000 film.
Karma Houdini: Judas: Betray Christ once, suicide and eternal damnation. Peter: Deny Christ three times, become the first pope.

Mary Magdalene

Getting Crap Past the Radar:
Mary: "And I've had so many men before, in very many ways, he's (Jesus) just one more."
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: She's the holiest of ho's, alright.

Caiaphas

The Chessmaster
Evil Sounds Deep: He's the only bass in the show.
I Did What I Had to Do
Large Ham: "FOOOOOLS! YOU! HAVE NO PERCEPTION! THE STAKES WE ARE GAMBLING ARE TERRIBLY HIGH!"

Annas

The Dragon: To Caiaphas.
Smug Snake

Pontius Pilate

Chewing the Scenery: Fred Johanson takes this to epic proportions in the 2000 film.
Dreaming of Things to Come
Large Ham/Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "What? Doooooooo you mean by that? Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat is nooooooooooooot! An aaaaaaaaaaaan! Swer!"
Out, Damned Spot!: I wash my hands of your demolition!
Putting on the Reich: In the 2000 film.
- He ends up looking like a weird Expy of M. Bison.
A Taste of the Lash