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Which came first for Jude – the passion to communicate and entertain
or the undeniable gift with words? She describes the two coming together
and finding line by line, gig by gig that she's compelled to do what
she's doing. The Guardian describes her as "hilarious" and the Scotsman
said "She's got words on a string like so many yoyos, and her lines
sparkle with wit and panache." She is no less brilliant in her
creations for rejesus but why not find out for yourself.
First
things first
Ask any group of people what they know about Jesus and one thing seems
to keep bristling to the surface.
Myspace
More or less famous than the Beatles, Jesus might still see things differently
in our age of image and ego.
Fish
Jesus and fish, fish and Jesus – the two have an undeniable connection
and he's fishing still . . .
Unrequited
love (Now on YouTube).
Even God can get obsessive about love. It's nice when it all works but
oh so painful when it doesn't.
Not
cut out for religion (Now on YouTube).
Jesus get's the critical, compare and contrast, consumer once over and
is found lacking.
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We asked comic poet, entertainer and all-round lover of words Jude
Simpson to write five 'funny' poems about Jesus for this site. And to document
her creative process in an audio diary.
Jude spent the middle part of 2006 developing here ideas. Read and listen
to them here.
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The audio diary.
This is the first time that
Jude has explored her faith and ideas about Jesus through writing and
poetry and the journey through is fascinating to listen to. Threads of
ideas come and themes are followed. Some become poems whilst others get
booted to the touchline . . . for now.
Listen to diary one.
Fish, Max Clifford and ebay, the ideas are coming, but the task
of making them funny is more of a challenge. Jude interviews some friends
on their views and has an embarrassing technological moment on a train.
Listen to diary two.
Jesus has broken his metatarsal but Jude isn't similarly handicapped.
Now in the thick of idea development she finds much in today's culture
that help her express what she believes about Jesus. Oh, and she read
a bit of the bible too.
NB: all sound recordings were made by Jude (somewhere
near a road) with
a dictaphone provided by rejesus. |
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