Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010) on Netflix
PG20101h 32mComedyMusicMusical
A comic oratorio retells the story of Mandy, pregnant by a Roman soldier, and her son Brian. He becomes a reluctant revolutionary in the People's Front of Judea and falls for Judith.
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Plot summary
The comic oratorio was commissioned by the Luminato festival and first performed in Toronto. An expanded ninety-minute version followed in Brisbane, with further dates in Sydney, Auckland and Perth, and a 2009 remount at the Royal Albert Hall marked forty years of the Monty Python television series. The piece spoofs Handel's Messiah, and its numbers move between pop, Welsh hymn singing, hip hop, doo-wop, country music, Broadway and a Bob Dylan impression. Soloists, chorus and orchestra carry the story of Mandy, her son Brian, his place in the People's Front of Judea and his feelings for Judith, and the audience sings along to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".
Cast
- William Fergusonas Brian Cohen - Tenor
- Shannon Merceras Judith - Soprano
- André Jacqueminas Mountie
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010)
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- For a 2009 Royal Albert Hall remount marking the 40th anniversary of the original Monty Python television programme, Eric Idle personally invited his fellow Pythons to join the cast; Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam took part, and Idle joked that the one who declined was John Cleese.
- The Toronto Symphony's involvement in the oratorio's 2007 premiere was no coincidence: its conductor, Peter Oundjian, is Eric Idle's first cousin, and Idle said the two had long talked about doing something with an orchestra.
- The Lumberjack Song was left off the soundtrack CD of the Royal Albert Hall performance because of copyright issues: Eric Idle's publisher, Ocean Music, does not own the publishing rights to the song.
