“He was more than likely Middle Eastern-looking.” “I think it’s been long enough that we’ve depicted Christ as a blue-eyed European, and chances are he probably wasn’t that and chances are he wasn’t African-American,” said DeGarmo. Jesus’ transfiguration occurs from atop the Empire State Building.Īnd, Jesus, who is called “Hero,” is black and wears dreadlocks. The postmodern version of the gospel has dramatic changes from the traditional King James translation: DeGarmo replaced Roman magistrates with “power politicians” and centurions with “dirty cops.” The multiplication of the loaves and the fishes happens in Central Park. “Really, what I want is for them to go back and get involved with the original gospel and learn what that story is,” DeGarmo said in an interview shortly before “!Hero” began its 19-city run.

(UNDATED) Veteran Christian musician Eddie DeGarmo has modernized the gospel _ moving Jesus from Nazareth to New York _ in hopes of turning listeners and viewers of his rock opera “!Hero” back to the Bible.

Hero the rock opera