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The Messiah XXI (2000)
Disappointment is an Understatement!
I was a bit confused by this musical account of what is called the "Young Messiah XXI". What took me off guard is the similarity of name that it has with the "Young Messiah" tour of 1995/1996. The older arrangement was an obviously Christian message and celebration of the birth of Christ. Both share a common thread of contemporary arrangements wrapped around the classic "Handel's Messiah". This new account even uses some of the exact arrangements used in the original. The Christian celebration aspect that the original is all about was quite absent in the new version. In fact, the narration was of a character that had obvious disbelief in a savior born of a virgin. His part is titled "Beware of false prophets" which has a tone that disrupts the basic Christian belief of Christ. He states in the reading that the "Messiah is music". Huh? Where did that come from? I find it disturbing this new account basically plagiarized many elements of the original "Young Messiah" and it was used to hide this Trojan horse of a message. If atheists and agnostics want to preach their religion, fine; they should do it with their own musical "talents" and not steal and pervert those artistic expressions that were already created and that are distinctly Christian. A disappointment is an understatement for this film!