Jesus yawned: Cynthia Erivo to play Christ in left's latest boring attention grab

Jesus yawned: Cynthia Erivo to play Christ in left’s latest boring attention grab


“Aren’t you embarrassed?”

Sebastian Maniscalco’s immortal catch phrase — from his 2015 comedy special of the same name — has never been more necessary.

Seinfeld didn’t miss a beat, shutting down the conversation with five simple words: ‘I don’t care about Palestine.’

Use it whenever the Hollywood resistance tries a desperate new tactic, like the stunt casting of a black lesbian as the son of God. Yes, Cynthia Erivo of “Wicked” fame will play the title character in a production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.

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Erivo is richly talented, but her selection is clearly meant as a thumb in the eye to traditionalists across the fruited plain.

Not that anyone’s actually outraged by such predictable shenanigans. Jesus wept? More like yawned …

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