The Church Play Cinematic Universe

Actually I’m just bitter because I didn’t get the role of Sarabi.
Which comedic meme song would you have the youth pastor perform in your church play, a few years too late:
Friday - / jennynicholson
Any song by The Lonely Island - / jennyenicholson
Blue (da ba dee), in the Avatar play of course - / jennyusername
Old Town Road - / progamerjenny
A minecraft cover of a popular song, changed slightly so that some of the minecraft lyrics are now christian lyrics - / spider_jewel
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:42 Star Trek
05:52 Pirates of the Galilean
11:17 Robin of the Hood
15:34 The Princess Bride of Christ
19:27 The Dark Knight
22:30 Tombstone
26:39 Rock Star Wars
34:54 Back from the Future
42:05 Raider of the Lost Ark
47:15 Quest for the Holy Grail
51:41 The Avenger
59:51 Joy Story
1:08:36 The Lion King of Judah
1:15:34 Outro
1:17:48 Credits

[@daisydolicker2145]

The “I’m walking on sunshine……………………………wHØÃÂÅÆ” fucking beheaded me

[@mb323]

don’t you mean crucified you?

[@Aydreean]

Fuuuckk I scrolled down hoping someone else noticed because I'm coming undone from it lmao

[@adeponol]

I laughed so much i almost threw up

[@cinnamonrollkitten6426]

Same😭

[@paulv8773]

That was amazing!

[@frogboy831]

“~i’m walkin’ on sunshine~……….. Ẉ̸̛̔̀̉̈́̈́͆̑̀̓̃̿̀̓͝ͅḨ̸̨̹͎̫̱̩͚̦̗͍̺̖̽̄͊̽̆̿̓̓̍̿͘͘͝͝ͅͅÚ̴͕̻͎͔̪̙͇̠̩̲̤̻͎̗̌̚U̴̢̟͂̉̽̋̋͜-“

[@daniellel230]

16:32 is still funny after my maybe 4th time watching this video

[@lillianward2810]

I wish the guy who tried to sing the opening of Kung Fu Fighting in the Star Trek one got the same love.

[@racheljenn1628]

I DIED

[@reginaborsellino3607]

Sometimes when I’m trying to fall asleep this line plays on repeat in my head

[@frogboy831]

@@reginaborsellino3607 it's taking over my brain space

[@recklssabndon]

You’ve answered the question “what would happen if Michael Scott was both real and an evangelical pastor?”

[@Cdr2002]

That’s too accurate omg

[@ButtercMoss]

LMAO facts

[@leoribic1691]

Dude literally, from the jokes with flat delivery, to the songs, to the racial insensitivity (and yellowface).

[@thealabamiangirl]

This makes this video 10 times better, even though I barely seen the office, the only time I've watched it is when my step dad or older brother puts it on, because they are big fans and will qoute it alot

[@kristytucker7500]

2024’s “Murder on the Jerusalem Express” was a perplexing combination of 70s disco meets Texas cowboys in an Agatha Christie style murder mystery. During “the last supper” on the train, Cristoff (a totally groovy 70s hippie played by senior pastor Mark Hughes) is murdered as the train passes through a tunnel, sparking the post crucifixion lament of “Midnight Train to Georgia” sung by our favourite church choir director. The following half hour was a collection of oddly chosen musical numbers (Macho Man by the Village People, Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band and When Will I Be Loved by Linda Ronstadt) as the train conductor (a Pink Panther parodied Jacques Clouseau) questions the remaining train passengers (a hippie named Jude, a pair of cowboys with Texas accents, and a slew of characters named after suspects from the board game “Clue”) in an attempt to uncover the murderer. The resurrection scene was a little bit of a let down, with Cristoff just reemerging in the front car of the train (without even striking a crucifixion pose!). There was no use of the stage turntable this year, though the LED screen was utilized as moving scenery for the train windows. Overall, 7/10.

[@MossyDroid]

You could have completely made this up and I'd still believe it, I love this

[@k80_]

I’ve been meaning to watch it, sounds like a bit of a letdown 😞

[@nathandavis2377]

It's important to mention the stab marks on Cristoff's poncho also made up the cross 😅

[@juliakrystosek8003]

I came to these comments specifically in the hope that someone had recapped this year's and I was not disappointed

[@kylebeaumont9059]

Hey! I'm late to the watchparty (Life, ya know) and I'm looking for a place to watch it. Can you point me in the direction you found it please? Thank you!

[@westcoast1155]

I would give ANYTHING for an annual reality show about the making of this play. The behind-the-scenes drama has to be INSANE.

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

I’m imagining a Waiting For Guffman with a much more subdued cast

[@heathermuffins]

If it's anything like my church growing up, it's a lot of angry whispering while smiling through clenched teeth.

[@mrcritical6751]

I’d pay for a real life Goes Wrong Show where they just make a new play every week

[@benabramowitz18]

Isn't that basically the film _Theater Camp,_ starring Ben Platt?

[@aeddiefarmer]

Especially the casting drama because it's quite clear certain church members get first dibs on the roles.

[@aloeverouse2690]

"bonus points for the pyrotechnics when christ rises out of the dumpster" is genuinely the funniest sentence i've heard in years

[@superxxamadeus4098]

Oh my god i just commented practically the same observation lol

[@Noobie2k7]

It's honestly one of the best out of context sentences I've heard in a long time.

[@nannesoar]

@@superxxamadeus4098 9th 0⁹

[@DoctorScrimguard]

Hey, every!

[@emrhys2]

I literally started keeping a list of great sentences I've heard because of this line.

[@setheus]

So for the 2023 Easter play, they sadly did not do Avatar... they did Beauty and the Beast. They replaced the rose with the apple of Adam and Eve (it's given by a witch that's ripped from Snow White), Adam (the Beast) is the one who bites it and is poisoned, turning into the beast. Belle carries around a big cardboard prop Holy Bible as the only thing she reads. She sings Taylor Swift's Never Getting Back Together when Gaston proposes, and Call Me Maybe (lyrics unchanged) when she chooses to stay with the Beast, after he protects her from the Party City werewolves. Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Ms. Potts sing a de-sexualized version of Time Warp. I don't know who in this evangelical audience will get that one, or ever admit to seeing Rocky Horror. At the end, we have a progressive twist! Belle is in fact the one who gets crucified- because when the villagers are breaking into the castle, Gaston willfully and happily bashes her through the castle door with a tree log ram. Ms Potts sings the post crucifixion lament, Belle revives wearing a yellow prom dress from Goodwill, and the Beast in his human form just wanders onstage to give a little speech about how ~we all~ have a beast in us. The sinful apple is nowhere to be seen nor mentioned again. They finish it off by lethargically dancing behind Ms Potts as she sings Dancin' in the Street. God help us all.

[@idontneedaname318]

wait they did a story that's not the easter story!! incredible

[@berrybaby1570]

is this real? please say yes.

[@freegameskidsteens]

@@berrybaby1570 there are video recaps of it and i think the whole things online

[@cephalopat]

yes it's real and also i swear to god the post crucifixion lament is Free Bird and the resurrection happened right as the guitar solo kicked in. it was the best thing ive ever seen with my own two eyes

[@alicethemad1613]

It’s killing me that they actually had a female Christ and it’s the one time where it doesn’t make any sense. Like his name is already Adam, he dies and is resurrected by her love in the base story (which was basically a perfect setup for a lament), and then he transforms and saves the day, and the resurrection IS ALREADY THE END OF THE STORY. They don’t even have to cut any climax out! The beast literally dies to save her and breaks the curse of the castle. It’s perfect. This is so insane and such a baffling choice I love it with my whole heart.

[@joseph-fernando-piano]

Can we appreciate how the MCU church play came out a full year before Endgame, and managed to predict that it was Tony Stark and not Captain America/Canada who would end up "laying down his life for his friends"?

[@tenshimoon]

Oh wow right lmao, I figured that play came after that film because I can't remember the exact dates 💀

[@IzzysIssues]

Someone there has the spiritual gift of prophecy (or pattern recognition)

[@aformofmatter8913]

He already tries sacrificing his life in the first Avengers movie, it was part of his arc His Endgame sacrifice was an echo of that (& much weighter since he knows it will for sure kill him & it actually sticks, unlike the first time)

[@marmiteghost]

ok but Batman being crucified to the Batlight is 100% something Zack Snyder would've unironically done if he continued making DC films

[@luisf2793]

Would be funny if Snyder accidentally got one of the scripts and said “beautiful!” And used it as the base for Batman v Superman

[@justintime3656]

I feel like we spacking this in to existons

[@andrewjenkins9965]

I wouldn't even have put it past Nolan...

[@cloudshad0ws]

I feel like I've seen a picture of it from a comic

[@IAteFire]

@@andrewjenkins9965 the cheap trick of Jesus imagery is squarely a Snyder trope, Nolan doesn’t really lean into obvious images like that

[@singingReaper]

Being completely serious, “Batman gets crucified on the bat signal” seems like something the comics would 100% do

[@dinosaysrawr]

::::Zack Snyder has entered the chat:::::

[@gblatt8472]

Batman Begins kinda does that. He ties a gangster to a serchlight in a sorta Christ pose, it forms the first Batsignal.

[@user-on8ut1rb1t]

@@gblatt8472 that random gangster is jesus

[@calebmarmon1310]

@@user-on8ut1rb1t Batman! How could you!?

[@oliviawilliams6204]

@@user-on8ut1rb1t wasn’t that “random” gangster Carmine the Roman Falcone. The mob boss.

[@pexilated1638]

“Afterwards we get the post-crucifixion lament of Doc Brown singing Imagine Dragons Radioactive” is probably one of the funniest sentences conceivable

[@simly5189]

Right up there with gems such as "It is Satan himself who kills Jesus, by shooting him with a bazooka" and "bonus points for the pyrotechnics when Jesus rises out of the dumpster"

[@lucienvvy]

I can't convey how many repressed memories you've unlocked. Your favorite lament singing woman is my stepmother. I had no idea this existed, one of my American friends showed this to me without knowing the connection 😂. Also to clarify, for some of the early plays, yes a lot of the jokes are very localized to southern Manitoba.

[@marleybeavers]

is she as much of a queen as her beautiful voice implies?

[@sari9645]

If yall are still part of the church you NEED to get CD copies of all the plays and send them to Jenny

[@tenshimoon]

Oh cool connection! I've never attended Church of the Rock, but after watching this I'm planning on attending their Easter service next spring JUST to see one of these plays in person 💀

[@matt-dr4fk]

Please serve us the tea on these things

[@sapphirethesapphic]

@@tenshimoonplease if you do go report back on what theme they do, i’m predicting barbie

[@amandaf4720]

"Bonus points for the pyrotechnics when Jesus rises out of the dumpster" is one of the most amazing out-of-context lines I believe I will ever have heard.

[@BRUXXUS]

Heck, even IN context it's amazing.

[@CassieHasYoutube]

"Zurg is Satan, and it is Satan himself that kills [him]Jesus with a bazooka... It's a disappointing crucifixition in my opinion." is a close 2nd imo

[@davidalexander3320]

"I really wanted to see one of these toys nailed to a cross" is mine

[@6footratgirlanimatronic]

That combination of words caught me so off guard that I needed to pause the video because I was crying-laughing for a little too long.

[@kalinka5333]

Dumpster fire Jesus was definitely my favourite resurrection so far 😆

[@1SuperJule]

I lost it at the middle aged man screeching out “WHOA!” just a few beats too late during “Walking on Sunshine.” He just knew he wasn’t gonna hit that note. 🤣

[@dinosaysrawr]

Watched it three times. Best part of the video.

[@Wessssss21]

I'm walking on sunshine..........WAAHAAA

[@Dudofall]

It was such an honest cry of pain.

[@nuclearivyking]

16:28 is the timestamp, replay button engaged x10000

[@nickturgeon6040]

I absolutely lost it at that part 😂😂😂😂😂😂 such a cry of pain

[@ericnazer7712]

28:02 The joke here in Rock Star Wars is a bit of regional humour that you'd probably have to grow up in Southern Manitoba to understand. Altona is a rural town in Southern Manitoba founded by and still inhabited primarily by ethnic Mennonites. To this day many people in the town are bilingual and still speak the language of their ancestors called Plautdietsch, which is often just referred to generally as "low-German" around here. Hence needing a "low-German" translator to travel to the "Altona sector". Same with the pacifist joke following it, the Mennonites were famously one of the largest factions of conscientious objectors during WW2.

[@Rosalie_Hayes]

I was SO curious about this that I searched the comments for an explanation. Thank you to for sharing!

[@TobiasFangorIsntCis]

+

[@christopherleblanc9308]

Yes altona is a manitoba southern town

[@therealcaptainredbeard]

I thought it was either Mennonites or Amish! Thanks for explaining the specifics, its actually a pretty funny joke though the rest of the plays... (shudder)

[@ZetsubouZolo]

german here and if Plautdietsch is really spelled this way I suppose it stems from our word "Plattdeutsch" which is a dialect here mostly spoken in northern germany. tbf if I strolled around Canada and suddenly heard someone speak Plattdeutsch I'd be shitting my pants laughing

[@claidoh]

"i may BE more like an alley cat, but i FEEL like a women" nearly killed me

[@daishoryujin95]

*let’s go girls*

[@batsandroses]

that guy playing scar is either the frank-n-furter for their local rocky horror troupe or has been waiting his whole life to become the frank-n-furter for the local rocky horror troupe

[@Misora7303]

Don´t we all wait our whole life to be the frank-n-furter of our local Rocky horror troupe tho? That is a given, but this guy actually was born for it

[@WickedKatze]

@@Misora7303 as a current Frank, can confirm 😄

[@stephysteph8558]

He is strangely attractive and seems to be having fun hamming up his villain characters. I stan. (Unlikely that they'll do an Easter-themed version of Rocky Horror, as fun as that would be...)

[@nolansbored]

It’s hard to watch Marty McFly playing sax… especially because we know Luke Skywalker plays guitar.

[@catg4343]

​@@stephysteph8558 if they did then frank n furter should be the jesus- HEAR ME OUT. -from somewhere that isn't earth, takes human form -several devout followers -wears a dress -often depicted wearing red -always depicted as unnaturally hot the crucifixion scene could be when he gets got by the aliens at the end, except this time he comes back and has freaky LGBT sex with every character in the play right threre on stage

[@alexbruce9499]

I never understood the message of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ until I saw Him depicted as wisecracking alcoholic womaniser Tony Stark singing Chumbawumba while being crucified. Much like an ARC reactor, the Lord truly works in mysterious ways.

[@katharineeavan9705]

I mean, Tony Stark singing Chumbawumba as he dies is probably the most in character thing about the performance tbf

[@jmckenzie962]

The knowledge that Chumbawamba were an anarcho-punk band also makes it even funnier

[@hooray4paradiddles]

OUR LORD AND SAVIOR was able to forgive our sins IN A CAVE with a BOX OF SCRAPS.

[@sixstringedthing]

"And Jesus gathered His disciples and he spoke to them, saying: "Be not afraid my brother and sisters! For indeed, though the Romans did knocketh me down, verily did I get up again! Let us rejoice, for never shall they keep me down! And now, I could really use a drink."

[@janeeyre1990]

@@sixstringedthing, "Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, and the master of the banquet drank from the water that had been turned into a whiskey drink. Then he drank a vodka drink. He drank a lager drink. He drank a cider drink."

[@danielwilcox419]

Per their website, 2024's production will be an adaptation of Murder On the Orient Express titled..Murder on the Jerusalem Express. I'll admit my curiosity is piqued. however, it does confirm that the church has little interest in adapting current films. So don't expect The Passion of the Barbenheimer until at least 2028.

[@hada__02]

Is Poirot going to get crucified???

[@applemask]

@@hada__02That one woman is going to sing a rewritten version "What Was I Made For" to dying Poirot on the smokestack

[@lillianward2810]

Omfg I’m so hyped

[@ikarikid]

@@hada__02Jesus is actually some dude named Christof. Also the detective is the train conductor. Who is doing a riff on Clouseau for reasons.

[@24kgoldplatedvermeil]

There was a remake of murder on the orient express like 2 years ago so still current lol

[@eileenconway2966]

I wanna see them do The Barbie Movie now. Ken gets crucified on a surf board on top of the dream house and Barbie sings an over the top rendition of Stayin’ Alive with full choreography and back up vocals for the other Barbies and Kens. I would say that Barbie would be the Jesus stand in, but we all know this church would rather burn down the chapel with the entire congregation trapped inside than to have a female character stand in for Jesus.

[@jinxedeyes7388]

this barbie is jesus !

[@chethanchandra3665]

this year they did "Beauty and the Beaster" with Belle as Jesus so maybe Barbie as Jesus isn't out of reach!!

[@KD-ou2np]

​@@chethanchandra3665whaaat! 😂 belle as jesus?

[@sapphirethesapphic]

@@KD-ou2npyes 😂 and the post-crucifixion lament was freebird

[@dashafurrow7456]

I’m picturing the scene where Mattel puts Barbie in the giant box as the crucifixtion and then the pastor sings I’m just ken

[@Rachel-xf3op]

Butch Chastity is an incredible name. Almost a drag name, really.

[@jaychang6723]

Honestly!!

[@fuzzycatbutts]

Almost?!

[@mattblack9161]

Well I found my drag name, finally

[@colonelmustard2652]

And I’m fixated on the fire code violations.

[@electricmosswitch]

I’m so happy to inform you that there is indeed a drag king named Butch Chastity

[@ShadowsofAka]

Avengers' Loki singing Call Me Maybe is the most 2012 tumblr thing ever.

[@Saibellus]

oh god, i can see the fan edit now. he's singing to idk black widow but in the end she's lesbian for pepper potts

[@twalt]

and that's the 2018 production

[@DestinyKiller]

I want that song so badly

[@elmartinez333]

I thought there literally was a Tumblr post floating around with the exact lyrics they used too 😭

[@Chromaggia]

@@elmartinez333There literally was, I don’t want to put a link at risk of looking like a bot but if you look up the user forgottenghostly you can find it lol

[@geekjokes8458]

i find it funny that whenever there's an "atheist" character it's always "we are the ones that give ourselves meaning and purpose, and we should enjoy ourselves and cherish eachother because that is all we have" but then "HAHA I WAS EVIL ALL ALONG! AND THAT TOTALLY INVALIDATES WHAT I JUST SAID!"

[@zubetp]

they really see it that way. they _really do_ lmao. they think morals and religion are synonymous. when atheists and agnostics are like, "i think stealing and murder are bad because i have personal opinions," it sounds to them exactly on par with "frogs are wet naturally, not because of water." so weird, so sad to have so little faith in people 😂 oh well.

[@notme222]

To be fair, Hollywood pulls that trick all the time. The antagonist makes a little too much sense so the writers have him kick a puppy so we know he's evil. Heck, the new Disney flop "Wish" basically has the king do that in case we were accidentally thinking "Good point, they probably shouldn't blindly grant every wish." But you're right, any religion that says "prep for the afterlife" basically has to downplay enjoying life now. And so as a result athiests lean even harder the other way. Look up the "Church of Satan" and it's basically just "look out for yourself because the universe won't."

[@NikkiBudders]

@@notme222 I will never not find it hilarious that the Church of Satan is basically just really chill and open people. From what I understand the satan aspect is just to stand against Catholic and Christian churches, I don't think they actually believe in a Satan figure, let alone one similar to the Catholic/Christian one. All in all 10/10 anti-religion religion.

[@freyjathehealer5559]

It’s common in a lot of art forms.

[@mollys3867]

"He's alive!...EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!" Literal work of genius, I died🤣

[@CreamyPesto505]

Rewriting "Rasputin" to be about Jesus and performed by people dressed as Star Trek characters might very well be humanity's greatest achievement.

[@Moeller750]

The Lord works in mysterious ways

[@fjLKA]

Take that pyramids! 😠

[@mariaquiet6211]

seeing this comment after 17 minutes and now I know I'm watching til the end

[@mariaquiet6211]

Boney M's Rasputin = Disco Sex Jesus and I'm ashamed I never figured this out.

[@smithjedediah]

what's this "might be" mishegas

[@Weiszklee]

"Butch Chastity" is a god tier character name and they probably didn't even foresee the implications.

[@twilightjoltik3151]

It’s a god tier lesbian stripper name

[@Abahple]

Somewhere out there, an aspiring drag king just got the final push towards living their dream.

[@yltraviole]

It's a great drag king name

[@fifirodriguez52]

Gonna start calling myself Butch Chastity bc I'm a lesbian who can't get laid

[@cjboyo]

I think that’s gonna be my stripper name lol

[@OmniTron1000]

"I'm walkin on sunshine" *completely misses the beat* "WOOAaAHhOH!"

[@nunyabizness6553]

The idea that a church would use "Believer" in a religious play fucking kills me. Dan Reynolds has specifically stated the song is about how his father, a devout Mormon, essentially abused him in order to make Dan a better Christian. Hell, in the play they used it in, they are literally arguing against free will and the second verse begins with "Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I could be/ *I'm* the one at the sail, *I'm* the master of my sea..." Church Play directors attempt to have a scrap of media literacy challenge (LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE)

[@julien4305]

For a split second (before i read the name Dan Reynolds) I thought you meant Believer by Smash Mouth and I about evaporated into the atmosphere

[@nunyabizness6553]

​@@julien4305 OH GODS, I don't want to know what they'd do with Smash Mouth.

[@renee8591]

I'm truly obsessed with how the other protagonist characters just have to stand around making "oh no" and "do you see this?" gestures when the person is getting crucified.

[@danb9447]

"get a loada this crap"

[@InsomniacXIII]

They should all just turn to the audience and deadpan shrug like "Whaddya gonna do?" à la Jim from The Office.

[@user-hv6wb5gk8p]

I just love the reaction: "Ah bummer, mate got mutilated and is bleeding out in the desert sun again. Third time this month. Well, guess it's back to sinning for me."

[@nailinthefashion]

"say whaaaaaaaat"

[@dakkyhue5800]

also the character being crucified looks *inconvenienced* in most of them lol

[@igakierczak3471]

I can't believe they didn't change "I'm walking on sunshine" to "I'm walking on water"

[@arbitrarytoast]

Same syllables and everything. So sad. Maybe they thought it sounded too much like mockery?

[@JackgarPrime]

​@arbitrarytoast I mean the whole situation feels like a mockery to begin with.

[@tenshimoon]

Ikr such a missed opportunity lmao 💀

[@Leftistattheparty]

"WHOA"

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

By the same token, I'm surprised they didn't use "You got a friend in me" for the Toy Story play. That song is _gift-wrapped_ for being about Jesus.

[@atastybeverage8916]

43:33 My biggest take-away is that with that turn table, this church could do "Hamilton" and the crucifixion could be the final duel and if they did that I would lose my shit.

[@evita6150]

With the Scamilton scandal in Texas I don't think they would ever risk it in canada or not

[@aldenfriend9625]

When Mary said “and trust me I’ve tried everything,” and the captain had to hold his sailors back I lost my fucking mind

[@snorlax42]

Honestly Simba's actress mumbling "man they make Pride Rock higher every year" after almost falling is a very charming save! Good on that actress!

[@sophiemontecalvo7503]

That's what I was thinking! It made me smile!

[@formy52]

Yeah, it was a really fun ad lib! Loved it.

[@deannas2778]

It was a nice save. Respect.

[@iblame_nargles]

Man, Jenny’s comments section can be so rad sometimes. 😊

[@diplomog]

💯💯

[@sleepiestmoth]

The image of Jack Sparrow crucified on a pirate ship's mast saying "It is finished" in a deathly serious tone, while lit by harsh stage lights and surrounded by a black void will forever haunt me now.

[@JohnTheMod1]

It’s like how the Internet sees Johnny Depp!

[@connormcclintock6562]

@@JohnTheMod1 We should be so lucky to see that

[@claytonandres1194]

Sounds like a Dall-e input

[@theflickchick9850]

That was actually so horrifying.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I thought it was hilarious, but you do you.

[@porkrind]

Iron Man whipping out Chumbawamba mid crucifixion was way more than I can handle.

[@daishoryujin95]

I’m sure Chumbawamba would look on in horror, given that they’re actually really left wing anarcho-punks. They’ve probably got a thing or two to say about megachurches.

[@kalinka5333]

Iron Man in a crucifixion pose stoically staring into the distance and ignoring the woman lamenting at his feet was definitely my favourite thing. He didn't even try to look unconscious, he straight up just looked like a 5-year-old whose mum hadn't bought him the sweets he wanted and now he is refusing to speak to her or even acknowledge her presents 😂

[@FootlessJo]

It wouldn’t be an evangelical church play if the youth pastor wasn’t rapping at some point 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@jody024]

Rapping or rap- you know what I mean. 😬

[@gummiXinglee]

@@jody024 it’s a good joke. A great joke even, but I’m gonna have to ask you to stop

[@kolkeet]

"Well i wrote this song for the Christian youth..." you know the rest

[@unduloid]

"My crew is big and it keeps getting bigger. That’s cause Jesus Christ is my..." Well, you know the rest. Christian rap at its finest!

[@TheVivaciousNerd]

True, it's basically the law

[@wade2306]

God DAMN, I had forgotten about the "walkin on sunshiiiine, WOAUGUGH" holy shit it's so good

[@Moonhermit-]

"Walking on sun shiiine... ... ... ...WHOAAUUGH!!!" Buddy zoned out for a while the Lord was busy rebooting his system.

[@PemTheLoathsomeCasual]

He gives you just enough time to think "oh he knows he can't hit that note so he's going to skip it" then BAM!

[@carolmartin7251]

Hahaha, yeah. I was showing this to my husband and he literally jumped and went "argh!" next to me on the couch when Vizzini finally committed to the Waoaoaaggghh!@@PemTheLoathsomeCasual

[@whocares12345]

“Post cruxifixction lament” has been seared into my brain. I’m going to start casually dropping “yeah, he was whining like a post cruxifixction lament” in conversation without batting an eyelash.

[@EverySweetDay]

In the first Star Trek play, the background display shows an Akira Class Starship, which would have first come into Starfleet service 86 years after The Wrath of Khan took place. Boy, I hope someone got fired for that blunder.

[@dizzylilthing]

question based on the reference in the last sentence: how old are you and is this a joint account for my parents?

[@pdxcorgidad]

​@@dizzylilthingI think it's Steve Shives. If so, I approve.

[@jortsofficial173]

Obsessed with the fact that almost every crucifixion is preceded by the cast chanting "Crucify him!" or "String him up!" in perfect chorus.

[@elizabethsmith7224]

I mean that's the story in general. Jesus was yelled at a mocked leading up to his death.

[@jortsofficial173]

@@elizabethsmith7224 There is a difference between a crowd mocking a man and a perfectly in unison "Crucify him! Crucify him!" That's more so the funny part rather than the Christian mythology itself.

[@dumbumbumbum8649]

@@jortsofficial173 I assume it’s a reference to Jesus Christ Superstar

[@PeanutTechno]

Idea: Every Production of the Church Play Cinematic Universe all at once, but they're all timed so that the crucifixions all synch up perfectly

[@JordanNone-ul3oc]

I think it's kind of just a church play thing? Like I can remember the church I grew up in having plays in which they chanted "crucify him" in unison. Evidently, that's what churches take from "they all yelled to crucify him" or whatever the exact Bible verse is.

[@claudspadafora1175]

As a professional Canadian theatre artist... the fact that its THESE plays that get to have this absurd level of production value? Kills me. Kills me dead. Nails me to a Bat signal crucifix.

[@solitaryflower]

This is just miscellaneous fan mail, but I'm from the States and I ~love~ Canadian film & Canadian actors. Y'all have a subtlety and an earnestness that I really appreciate.

[@gregbors8364]

@@solitaryflower”KHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!” - Canadian actor William Shatner

[@woudgy]

@@gregbors8364 Hmm, yeah... You sure named one whole Canadian actor. Good job.

[@gregbors8364]

@@woudgy I’m so sorry, it was a joke based upon the “subtlety” comment of the person to whom I was originally responding, and wasn’t meant to butthurt other people, particularly our friends north of the border. Anyway, I’d say the talent level of Canadian actors surpasses that of American actors in a per capita basis, definitely, as well as British actors (obviously) and Australian actors do the same, and that’s why so many of them are stars of the American film industry. I hope this comment makes you feel better ❤️‍🩹 Go Canada! 🇨🇦

[@solitaryflower]

Fwiw @Greg Bors I got the joke and I cackled. I had, like, Graham Green and Sheila McCarthy in my mind, heehee

[@Lilith_Dreamer]

I don't think enough people have mentioned how accurate Jenny's comparison of the guy's Jack Sparrow impression to Robin Williams is

[@mastermarkus5307]

Since the Netflix One Piece series came out, I am now scared that they might make a play out of that if they still have the pirate ship props in some capacity. You already have Luffy, a guy who near-magically inspires people to join him and could be quickly and lazily be changed into a Jesus allegory.

[@jerielc709]

not to mention the whole joyboy thing and how he will return one day; sun god imagery, luffy resurrecting at wano, etc. as a christian one piece fan i fear the day they do that

[@baldman7738]

​@jerielc709 nobody at church of the rock is going to get 1000 chapters into One Piece to see all the joy boy stuff. At most they'd do what's in the Netflix show

[@heywoodjablome5380]

I mean, Luffy is pretty damn close already, he holds up a mirror to a dominant empire and calls out their bullshit, travels around, never staying in a town for longer than a week, and eschews a large entourage in favor of a small group of trusted friends

[@sniccups8390]

I had a similar thought back when this video came out. For some reason, I feel like Ace would be a better Jesus figure than Luffy, but now that I'm thinking about it I'm not sure why.

[@baldman7738]

@sniccups8390 Brook should be Jesus because he's the only one with a real confirmed resurrection in the whole series.

[@Plant_Parenthood]

I love that shriek at around 16:30 when the guy is singing "walking on sunshine" One can only assume he is trying to sing "woah-oh-oh" But it comes out as "WUUUGHHHHHH!"

[@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz]

I wheezed so hard at that one

[@notme222]

The timing is perfect. As in: just long enough that you think "Oh, he's not going to do it. Good call." And then "WUUAAUGH!" 🤣😂

[@guiltygearalonecompl]

My guy has just got some ork in him, had to get the WAAAAUUUGH out

[@GabbasaurusRex]

I rewatched that at least 4 times

[@jacforswear18]

That bit *literally* knocked me off my feet haha. I was on the floor with laughter.

[@JesseColton]

The continual use of "string him up" no matter the universe or characters to begin the crucifixion always amuses me

[@H4hT53]

Especially because there was absolutely no string involved in Roman-style crucifixions.

[@hydieblack7686]

Lynching. Just…. Just saying….

[@TheOtherChosenOnes]

The soft ‘ahhr’s in the background 8:57

[@Attilablabla]

@H4hT53 How else would they fasten them to the cross?

[@CreamyPesto505]

@@Attilablabla >_>

[@annapfefferkorn2379]

The End of the World/Tubthumping mashup in the end credits gave me legitimate theatre kid chills until the crucifixion screams started 😅

[@xXxzAAa0aAAzxXx]

that's also Closing Time by Semisonic

[@mcmaclean7458]

I can’t believe I am here a year later to say it’s Scottish highland dancing around the swords in the pirate show. It’s an important differentiation to me as a Scottish person with a lot of Irish heritage - they are completely separate dance styles I promise 😅 why does this matter so much to me? I don’t know. PS Jenny you’re the best

[@fireafire]

Thank you for the nugget of knowledge! :]

[@Aphelia.]

Unrelated but you are soo beautiful

[@mayvalley]

Hehe don’t worry, the second I heard Jenny say “an Irish jig” I also felt the urge to let everyone know it is in fact Scottish highland dancing!

[@isaac_unbound]

i'm going to be recovering from the thought that Butch Chastity is a better drag name than i could ever hope to come up with for the next couple days

[@OpiatesAndTits]

Steal it! No one will ever know

[@emilyrln]

I mean, I don't think the person who made it up plans to use it…

[@ZaKKsQuaTcH1]

How about Rhonda Santis?

[@rwolfheart6580]

It's an amazing drag name and you absolutely should.

[@isaac_unbound]

@@rwolfheart6580 usually i do female drag and my name is Blunt Cake... if i ever do make drag though i AM taking Butch Chastity now

[@ErisIsAnAbomination]

There’s something hilariously disturbing about imagining crowds of children watching their favorite fictional character dying on a cross while the supporting cast sings a cover of a pop song.

[@sigh824]

And Ridiculously American

[@sigh824]

@Cake_Made_Of_Bacon and yet an evangelical mega church creating a high budget production using popular movie franchises and pop song covers to vaguely preach the second coming of Jesus to kids still sounds ridiculously American

[@nolyspe]

the fact is that the christian stories are already hilariously disturbing in themselves

[@bloodyplebs]

@@sigh824 this is a Canadian Church, bigot.

[@jamesrowlands8971]

This is the world we made.

[@lnt305]

Love that the spider also wears a hat for the sermon

[@poppyonline4034]

That was so adorable!!

[@crispychubs]

favorite quote: "probably some hit song for you freaks in Canada" HAHAHA

[@crispychubs]

correction. it's now: "you know how every man has a secret Kermit the frog impression ready to go"

[@princesspessimism7171]

I think the audience should pitch in to help resurrect Jesus by clapping like they do with tinkerbell

[@embop1266]

I JUST LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THAT THATS SO FUNNY

[@courtney_lol]

LMFAOOO THATS GOLDEN

[@YouTubeUserCMXVIICDI]

If they did a Peter Pan play and didn't do that bit that'd be a sin.

[@nextabe1]

Seriously why haven't they done this?

[@Apple_Bapple]

i've never heard of that, they did that in peter pan? thats pretty ingenius.

[@Nickfitzpatrino]

"Bonus points for the pyrotechnics when Christ rises out of the dumpster" This is one of my new favorite out-of-context statements.

[@itsbrewsky5519]

Damn, you beat me to it

[@larissapienaar2436]

Mine is ‘Jack Sparrow is a questionable stand-in for Jesus’ 😂 😂 😂

[@Nickfitzpatrino]

@@larissapienaar2436great choice! my all-time favorite moment was when Iron Man was being hung on the cross and they seemlessly transitioned from Loki's rendition of "It's the End of the World as We Know It" into a crucified Iron Man singing "Tubthumping" by Chumbawumba in a brilliant mashup. What a moment.

[@MelodyLee19]

ok but “Butch Chastity” would be a really good drag king name

[@eldritchzora]

"Captain, even you coming back from the dead would seem... highly improbable." -Spock, a character who has come back from the dead

[@sbondiw7943]

"So my recent fascination has been obscure Canadian church plays." Jenny Nicholson never disappoints.

[@ambds1975]

I wonder what Jenny N has been up to late- oh of course.

[@sbondiw7943]

@@ambds1975 I mean OBVIOUSLY

[@jjj7790]

I'm constantly surprised by Jenny's ability to find the most obscure "bad" media and turn them into a genuinely interesting videos.

[@egoaltar5999]

​@@jjj7790 I think Jenny really shines the further the subject of her content iss from the mainstream. This video is up there with her analysis of Hallmark's youtube channel

[@swish3432]

I’m glad she’s getting her audience of pagans into good Christian media

[@kristytucker7500]

I am happy to report that the Church of the Rock is still going strong in 2023, with an excellent rendition of "Beauty and the Beast", featuring yet another performance of Call Me Maybe, Gaston pulverizing Belle with a log battering ram, and a stirring performance of Freebird as the crucifixion lament. 11/10 live experience.

[@yourstruly9013]

Additional fun facts: they brought in kpop to this year’s production with Gaston performing BTS’s “Butter” and the village ensemble did Rocky Horror’s “Time Warp” just straight up. Iconic

[@amberphillips3421]

Absolutely incredible. Thank you for reporting in

[@ashriihi]

I'm fucking crying, thank you for this.

[@quinevere]

did they give a shout-out to Jenny? they should 😂

[@4pl3x34]

​@yourstruly9013 rocky horror show in the church easter play... much to contemplate

[@sba6796]

For those wondering, the 2023 easter play was "Beauty and the Beaster" (which does line up with them picking up trends from a couple years ago) but also probs for the pun

[@menderbug1]

Jenny did a (Patreon-exclusive) video on it! :)

[@Jack-sy8mr]

2024’s play was _“Murder on the Jerusalem Express”_ for those who were wondering

[@DerpsWithWolves]

"Bonus points for the pyrotechnics when Christ rises out of the dumpster." A brand new sentence.

[@Zzzk23]

HAHAHHA

[@loekust]

this whole video is so quotable omg

[@spencercorpuz]

Hahahahah

[@jimc.goodfellas226]

There's almost no way that sentence had ever been uttered before in human history

[@boomingbob1579]

This whole video is things you can’t make up

[@carrot-lime]

Suggestion: “Mean Girls”. Jesus is Cady, and she gets crucified to the front of a bus after the burn book stuff comes out. The post-crucifixion lament is “Girlfriend” by Avril Lavigne.

[@carrot-lime]

The resurrection is obviously the prom scene.

[@jadeharley7190]

Noooo crucifixtion would happen after the “she doesn’t even go here scene” bc that way you have everyone there to yell crucify her LMAO

[@carrot-lime]

@@jadeharley7190 yeah, that’s actually better.

[@idankatz8085]

Stop giving them ideas!

[@somefreshbread]

On Wednesdays we kill God

[@KayGreylai]

The chinese undertakers joke is a word for word recitation of a popular russel peters joke, accent and everything.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

Don't worry Jenny. The quest for the holy grail has... at the very least a similar amount of production value to this church play.

[@thisisasign9662]

I love the idea that the references are so dated that many of the kids in the audience will never have seen them before. Then, some day down the line, they’ll see another reference to that piece of culture and feel totally baffled that someone is making an allusion to their church’s feverish Easter plays.

[@kayzee_bee]

i literally snorted reading this lmaooo the idea of that is so funny

[@happninmojo]

This is exactly what I would do if I were trying to be a hip pastor appealing to the kids. I want the children of my flock to one day be out in the world (probably in Canada) and hear someone tell Russel Peter's routine verbatim and think "did these people watch my church's Passion plays online" and "why are they so enamored with my pastor's stereotypical Chinese voice?". This should be the goal of every holy man.

[@timothymclean]

Realistically, they'll probably realize that an international television program or whatever probably wouldn't reference a local church parody play, and assume there was a third source both drew from. If not, they'd be corrected as soon as they said something about it to someone more worldly. Your version is funnier though.

[@thisisasign9662]

@@timothymclean yeah, I know. But a man can dream…

[@howdypardner6278]

i've thought abt this with kidz bop,, how many kids whose parents didn't let them listen to the original versions growing up just think those are the real lyrics

[@BornNoU]

The pause between “I’m walking on sunshine” and the scared sounding “WHOOOA!” is too funny

[@PlayMadness]

An accurate reaction to stepping on the sun.

[@sosaysjayrod]

@@PlayMadness Smash Mouth tried to warn us

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

I've watched this video like five times now, and that bit still makes me uncontrollably bust out laughing.

[@QUEERVEEART]

omg i laughed so hard

[@maxresdefault_]

16:29 Timestamping for later lol

[@freyjathehealer5559]

Jenny at 24:52 putting in a “random” part of him preaching is iconic

[@dizzyroseblade]

Fun fact - they really could have killed that guy during the Iron Man one when they left him hanging through a whole song. Hanging in a harness very very VERY quickly inhibits circulation in your legs because of the leg holsters' placement directly on your big femoral arteries. The weight of your body pushing down on those blood vessels can stop blood flow like, suuuper fast, which can literally then stop your heart. And that takes like, a couple minutes if things go badly and/or you're super unlucky.

[@estarriaofficial6463]

If this church still does these Easter plays. Can’t wait to see them do a Mario play where we see Bowser and the Koopas crucifying Mario on a cross

[@nathandavis2377]

They do. This year they did "Beauty and the Beaster" and belle gets crucified. The post crucifixion lament is free bird. And everyone sings time warp from the rocky horror show together. Iconic all around.

[@jordanplayz5637]

I would KILL for this one blu-ray

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

Would the crucifix be a warp pipe or a flag pole

[@SentientIrisu]

​@@LifesNeverHumDrumFLAG POLE.

[@SentientIrisu]

Mario died for our sins. Yahoo...

[@cryptidonstrike]

I would genuinely unironically like to know what this congregation considers blasphemous. I don’t even mean that as an insult, it’s just genuinely fascinating how every vaguely Christian subgroup or denomination has their own standards and “crucifying Batman on the bat signal to represent Jesus” would be a dealbreaker in a lot of them I think

[@AleksandarBell]

Oh being gay/trans apparently. So like they’re completely fine with showing different character being “Christ” but being gay is bad ig??

[@TheAmericanDeagle]

It’s just incredible. If I showed this to my catholic mom she would be outraged

[@ftrwrwbg]

Kinda why I stopped going to church in general even though I consider myself a Christian. The honest truth is none of us know the answers and almost everyone within just one group of Christianity all have different views of right and wrong. I see this stuff here as a harmless fun way to try to preach to kids and their families. But I know a lot of people who would be horrified to see this.

[@alexanderbrown8921]

@@TheAmericanDeagle To be fair, Catholicism is against fun in general. This church is apparently "inter-denominational?" Which I guess means they're trying to appeal to as many pop culture touchstones as possible, and probably not worrying about Catholic approval because Catholics approve of very little anyways. ... Sorry about the Catholic hate. I was raised Anglican, the rivalry is strong.

[@TimothyCHenderson]

@@alexanderbrown8921 To be fair, the Catholic's did it best. Pageantry and decorum where a huge selling point throughout history for the Catholic church, it's only been in the last 100 years or so where things got boring. Would have been incredible to go to church every Sunday and see a full on 1hr to 4hr Oratorio or Cantata, or a Mass with full orchestra, choir and soloists. Many of the protestant denominations did this too, especially Cantata's but the Catholic's did it best.

[@akex519]

i love that you can hear the confusion in the applause after the back to the future crucifixion, it’s hilarious

[@jedidiahhuang1362]

"EVERYBODY DANCE NOW" TOOK ME OUT

[@MsPhillipsify]

Jenny: Robin of the Hood Me: Oh No. Jenny: If the title makes you nervous, that's a good impulse. Me: Oh NO.

[@stephenwilliams203]

Lmao, same!

[@karaswentowsky7493]

I had the same reaction! Had to pause to give into my laughing fit immediately so I wouldn't miss anything.

[@Michael-tw7rw]

OH YEAH!!!!!

[@rach_laze]

OK but Men in Tights did it first and much better and yet somehow worse

[@Kennie0124]

Ditto... LMAO.

[@allysonmccartney2150]

For anyone wondering, the church of the rock’s 2023 Easter play was Beauty and the Beast and Belle was crucified

[@kayyylaaa___]

thank you for sharing i was so curious

[@12Tecpatl]

WHY BELLE

[@ssjsagemode708]

Can I watch it somewhere 💀

[@achehex]

Beast literally dies and is revived in the movie, but I guess he is mean and Belle is a pious figure so it makes sense but its also hilarious

[@wertfi908]

Diversity win

[@urdin2242]

The crew that designed and built these sets did such an amazing job. It’s a shame the writers didn’t step it up more.

[@carolmartin7251]

1. I have to know what happened between the former Prima Donna and the Choir Director. The former Prima Donna just disappears when the Choir Director shows up and then the flex of singing "I'll Be There" again and 100x better really suggests some juicy backstage drama. 2. The moment where Loki sings a heartfelt, ballad version of "It's the End of the World As We Know It," interspersed with snippets of Chumbawamba sung by Iron Man Jesus, mid-crucifixion on an I-beam is so utterly perfect and bizarre that it will be with me for the rest of my life. 3. I went to high school 10 minutes away from Altona, MB with a bunch of low-German speaking, pacifistic Mennonites and then lived in Winnipeg so this hits weirdly close to home. (I am also a pacifistic former Mennonite, although I do not speak low-German.) 4. Genuine shoutout to everyone who played live instruments as they all knocked it out of the park. Also, the sets and costumes are awesome. (Except when they're hilariously bad) 5. This is a church equipped with professional lighting, pyrotechnics, a rotating stage, harness equipment, numerous lapel mics, a teleprompter, an LED screen and a backstage area. Let's just let that sink in for a minute. Do they use this stuff for anything else? Does the pastor descend weekly from the rafters onto stage to deliver the sermon while pyrotechnics blast the dancing girls who are rotating gently in the background? I guess we know where the tithes are going.

[@SportsGhost]

I like to imagine a person really struggling in life, turning to the church for guidance, showing up on the holiest day of the year and seeing Buzz Lightyear crucified by Zurg and raised from the dead by a zipline and that somehow making everything right. Also props to them calling the Iron Man sacrifice before Endgame.

[@abbywolffe4114]

Oh my God imagine

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

It is a very religious experience.

[@santiagogarza8121]

They even get the "I am iron man" line correct

[@treyday4846]

It's fun to laugh at white people

[@robbiethemagpie9387]

With the I am Iron Man line and all

[@molly2486]

HUGE missed opportunity that they didn't go with "walk the plank" only for him to walk on water

[@redgarlicbred6228]

OMG yes lmao that would've have been hilarious

[@0Fyrebrand0]

You have to be careful with Water Walking. If World of Warcraft has taught me anything, if you activate it too early while falling from a great height, the water counts as "ground" and you can die from fall damage. I suppose that's not as much of a concern for Jesus/Simba/Batman though.

[@corinayanes2355]

I like that in "Joy Story" you can see the title of their past shows as games or books in the background of Andy's Room

[@BeaumontBrians]

the slight delay before the "Woah" in walking on sunshine is absolute gold. 16:30

[@MonarchsFactory]

I have to know why they felt the need to force a literal crucifixion into every single play... Imagine if Aslan had to be nailed to a cross for the metaphor to carry

[@agilagilsen8714]

It probably would have needed that if these guys were in charge of the story. Or at the very least, if they managed to make a story where it wasn’t needed, they would have forced it in there I think.

[@goldstarsforall]

I mean he does get sacrificed on the altar in lion the witch and the wardrobe before resurrecting to help the kids save the world and that's him being 'crucified' so yak now

[@batnacks]

I mean he was tied to a table

[@ThreadBomb]

@@batnacks That's just a lazy crucifixion.

[@codeofclaw]

I can’t believe they didn’t do a Narnia one, seriously the pins were already there you just had to knock them down!

[@edgarallennope]

Top five moments: 5. 'I'm walking on sunshine.....WOA' 4: The moment of dawning horror when you realising they're having Sulu sing 'Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting' 3. The 'It's the end of the world as we know it/Tubthumping' crucifixion remix 2. 'He who lives by the sword dies by the sword' spoken by Westley, one of the most accomplished swordsmen in the whole movie 1. Lotso being branded a heretic and revealed to be Satan for making incredibly reasonable and down-to-earth observations

[@Misora7303]

I wish I heard that Lodso as a kid, it would have saved me a lot of time on my atheist character arc

[@TheSaltyLibrarian]

it's almost like they have to reveal that he's Satan because based on the arguments he was making for atheism, they already lost

[@iamjustkiwi]

If I'm not mistaken number 3 is actually part of Weird Al's song "polka power", which is great

[@edgarallennope]

@@iamjustkiwi that would be their second Weird Al reference incredible????

[@iamjustkiwi]

@@edgarallennope I actually just went and rewatched the video (which is still great), and it does have tub thumping in it but not both, I just remembered wrong, so I think they were just inspired by his polka style songs. Pretty funny either way though!

[@mackenzieyarish2717]

Hey I attended this church for many years. The guy who played the Asian in tombstone is not the pastor. He was the same guy who played timone in the lion king one. Also the blonde guy is the worship leader 👍 any other questions?

[@dizzylilthing]

I get huge anti-LGBT vibes from these shows, how right am I?

[@mackenzieyarish2717]

@@dizzylilthing it’s an evangelical church… you’re absolutely right.

[@DougMcArthurMusic]

I’m from Winnipeg and I know of Church of the Rock, but I had NO IDEA they did these productions. Thank you sooooo much for documenting these. Incredible. By the way, Altona is a small rural town near Winnipeg. Altona has a large population of Mennonites whose ancestors immigrated to Canada from Germany, and the low German dialect they mentioned is still present in their communities today.

[@carlylahana2526]

The 'I'm walking on sunshine' followed by the out of time and key 'woah' is the pinnacle of live performance for all of human history and I will die on this hill.

[@allyli1718]

I hadn’t watched that part when I read this comment and now that I have, I can say you’re absolutely right

[@deaconkonc4720]

It's somehow made funnier by the fact that it is completely unacknowledged by Jenny

[@dankerbell]

the occasional out of context clips say more than jenny ever could

[@daveconnor6174]

16:29 XD

[@abbewinter9249]

I scrolled past this comment at first because I didn't know what you were talking about. Then it happened, and I cried with laughter, and had scroll back up just to tell you how right you were.

[@eklectic497]

“It is finished” -Captain Jack Sparrow, as he is crucified on a ship sail This is absolutely insane and I’m so ready to binge all of these

[@jman809]

He's alive! I thought he forgot his KZbin password

[@jockeyfield1954]

can't wait for when freddy fazbear gets crucified on the fnaf 1 door

[@judyh3707]

@@jockeyfield1954 omg fnaf would be perfect for their 2023 Easter play...

[@atomicdancer]

No disrespect to Captain Savior, but "It is finished," is not as cool an exit line as: 'Ello, beastie!

[@thealmightycouch311]

@@atomicdancer You can't beat the original Jack Sparrow

[@pvic6959]

anyone here because shayne from smosh said he liked the video in the "Can Shayne Guess Our Favorite KZbinrs?" smosh video

[@evita6150]

ME! but I'm so glad I gave it watch cause her videos are great!

[@thomasb7347]

The crucifixion are always so awkward because it's completely quiet

[@jiml1672]

I cannot tell you how much “ I may look like a cat, but I feel like a woman! “ Has changed my life

[@zombie..]

Let’s go girls!

[@nailinthefashion]

the dean watching the dalmatian bodybuilder hoping it didn't awaken anything in him vibes

[@Anna-en8mq]

She said ALLEY CAT… I lost it, the world shifted

[@oliviasayshi7517]

I just wanna know what they did to the lyrics...

[@thestorytheytell5584]

I just love the idea of a church that was slowly taken over by a bunch of theater kids and before the congregation could do anything about it, their Pastor was dressed as Ken from Toy Story.

[@nbv6975]

I mean, that Pastor was very much on board with being Ken from Toy Story. A little too much so

[@marocat4749]

I think he is pretty fit.

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

Plot twist: the pastor himself is a theater kid, and the church was just dragged along for the ride.

[@laurorrichie7788]

The Jenny Nicholson Church Play Cinematic Universe video is my favorite Easter movie

[@brzilla1235]

The biggest problem I have with this is on the monitor if the Star Trek set they clearly have a NX class ship diagram when it is clear that the ship's bridge is a constitution class bridge.

[@littlemau1360]

I get so sucked into Jenny's commentary that I forget that one of the characters in this play is going to get horribly and hilariously crucified in just a few short moments.

[@dickbuttkis]

Back from the future's crucifixion made me spit my drink

[@nemo-zl1vm]

It's so jarring. Other than some questionable racial stereotyping, these plays are so anodyne, squeaky clean and super cheesy. Then boom, one of the characters is fucking dead from crucifixion. I get that they gotta do it, it being an Easter play and all, but how weird would that be without the context of religion? Like, you're watching a cutesy kids' cartoon about talking farm animals and then the farmer casually chops off Mr. Chicken's head; it's just whiplash tone shifts.

[@gatesunn]

it's funny every time

[@bucketofparts]

@@nemo-zl1vm you don't "GOTTA" do it...my church as a kid had way more subtle Easter plays with completely original material. I wouldn't say the writing was great, but it was better than this dreck. No crucifixions, except maybe allegorical. I think our congregation would have been pretty offended to see Jack Sparrow or Tony Stark made literally into Jesus. Of course, the youth pastor who wrote our plays turned out to be a child molester, so...you win some, you lose some, I guess.

[@eatmyphatphuckingass]

@@dickbuttkis 💀💀 genuinely thought it was parody

[@MightyMewtron]

This has the vibe of when you come across someone's deviantArt gallery and they have a ton of fanart for a variety of fandoms, but they're themed around one particular thing that tips it off as a fetish.

[@trailblazer225]

I love that in this analogy the fetish is Easter and the resurrection of Jesus

[@onlyopia131]

@@trailblazer225 jesus is basically a fetish

[@saltywatermelon1144]

This comment reminds me of sarispy56 with all her fanart of rice crispy characters, animaniacs, and danger mouse forcibly being wrapped in mummy bandages.

[@DarkestElemental616]

You put the thing into WORDS

[@bigovergrownrat40]

YEAH like one time i came across someones ao3 where they wrote all nice found family fics for a fandom im in but in EVERY FIC someone was getting nonconsensually tickled??? this is that exact vibe

[@ReigningRaven22]

“Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle” is Barbossa’s line from Curse of the Black Pearl 😂 but they gave it to Davy Jones even though BARBOSSA IS IN THE PLAY???

[@redactedredacted6656]

my personal headcanon is that scar really wants to play frank n furter in a community production of rocky horror but he can't because he's super christian so channelled that energy into his scar

[@DennisTague]

I like that every time they crucify someone, the bad guys say “STRING ‘EM UP!”

[@pureorangeness]

You know the drill, boys!

[@unduloid]

@@pureorangeness "Drill? Drill? Oh yeah, we could use that!"

[@PeacefulZealot]

It makes sense in Tombstone. Perhaps less sense in The Avenger.

[@JensineE]

1 like = 1 string

[@reggiethelion]

As someone who grew up Evangelical I just realized "the joke going on uncomfortably long" is a major feature of Evangelical humour and my childhood.

[@willyeeton4390]

Growing up Christian and homeschooled, Princess Bride and Tombstone were just hot picks for this particular culture of like, trendy gen X nerd Christian. I feel so weird seeing Jenny just not get it while I'm just, instantly in on the joke, lmao.

[@doing_aok]

additionally: parodies of pop culture. see bibleman and veggietales

[@lydiafayre9806]

They realize they've found something that can make someone laugh a little and they milk the joke until it's drained, dead, and dessicated

[@Furufoo]

@@doing_aok Not to come off as preachy but it's almost like religious types can't come up with anything original because religion seems to be antithetical to personal expression most times

[@macgirl1234]

It's a staple, for sure.

[@jacemonster5]

I love how much fun the actor for Simba had in the lion king one! You could tell how much she loved having the leading role.

[@dandersondarter5050]

Why didn't they make Spock the Christ figure? He died sacrificing himself and was resurrected.

[@Blueeyesthewarrior]

Because Spock is too logical for faith, so he can't be Jesus.