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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: London Palladium Cast Recording (1991 London Revival Cast)
By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Dixon, The Joseph Orchestra, Amanda Courtney-Davies, Aubrey Woods, Caroline Dillon, Connor Byrne, David Easter, Elizabeth Renihan, Gael Johnson, Jacqui Harman, Jacqui Jameson, Jason Donovan, Jason Moore, Jocelyn Vodovoz Cook, Johnny Amobi, Mark Frendo, Megan Kelly, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Related Recordings)
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In Genesis 37, we see the beginning of the Bible story that was the inspiration for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I haven't seen the musical, and don't really remember the story from the Bible, so I don't know how faithful (if you'll permit the word) the musical is to the original. But let's see how this story goes.
We once again have a father who shows favoritism to one of his children: in this case, it's Jacob (aka the-patriarch-intermittently-known-as-Israel ©) who loves Joseph more than his other sons. The story starts out by saying that the sons of both of Jacob's wives are jealous of him, and I'm so used to the more-than-one-wife thing by now that it almost slipped by me.
So Joseph decides since his brothers dislike him so much, that he would tell them about this fantastic dreams he was having, with lightly-veiled symbolism indicating that he will rule over all of them (including mom and dad!). So, as any good brothers would do, they decide to kill Joseph. More good family values. Reuben (he of sleeping with his dad's concubine fame) doesn't want to kill his brother, just throw him into a pit (or a cistern, according to NIV) so that he can come save him later.
But as Joseph approaches, the other brothers decide instead to rip off his fancy-schmancy coat and sell him into slavery. The slavery is Judah's idea; the others seemingly would have gone ahead and killed their brother while Reuben was away. So they dip the coat in blood to make it seem like some animal had devoured Joseph. Dad buys into this and mourns the loss of his son.
Surely they will be some moral to come out of this later? The Bible must eventually have some reasonable moral about something. If nothing else, I'm sure Andrew Lloyd Webber wouldn't have made a musical out of it!
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