First test of decency laws as gallery faces court over 'obscene' statue of Christ. By. Jonathan Petre, Mail on Sunday Reporter. Updated. 2. 2: 2. GMT, 2. 6 July 2. A leading art gallery is being taken to court over claims that it outraged public decency by displaying a statue depicting Christ with an erection. The sculpture was the most provocative item in an exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Other pieces in the show by the controversial Chinese- born artist Terence Koh included models of Mickey Mouse and ET, also with erections.

Complaint: Terence Koh's statue of Christ. Despite signs warning of the exhibition’s explicit nature, the gallery, which opened in 2. Arts Council, received numerous complaints. A private prosecution has now been launched and the first hearing in what could prove a landmark case has been set for September.

Legal documents claim that the gallery has both offended public decency and breached Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1. The maximum penalty for outraging public decency is six months’ imprisonment and a £5,0. The documents claim that the foot- high sculpture was ‘offensive and disgusting’ and ‘likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to Christians and those of other faiths’.

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Controversial: Chinese- born artist Terence Ko. Legal experts said yesterday that the hearing would be the first test of public decency legislation since the Government scrapped Britain’s ancient blasphemy laws in May. A number of visitors to the Baltic exhibition, which was staged between September 2. January this year, said that a far greater outcry could have resulted if the statue had been of Mohammed rather than Christ. The prosecution has been launched by Emily Mapfuwa, 4. NHS administrator from Brentwood, Essex, who read about the exhibition in newspapers. I don’t think this gallery would insult Muslims in this way, so why Christians?’ she said. Just Married Full Movie Part 1 on this page.

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Father Christopher Warren, of the Roman Catholic cathedral of St Mary’s in Newcastle upon Tyne, said: ‘For Christians the image of Jesus is very special and to interpret it in a sexualised way is an affront to what we hold dear.’ The Baltic said yesterday that it had yet to receive a copy of the summons. This is not the first controversy for New York- based Koh, or the Baltic. In 2. 00. 6, two works by the artist were withdrawn from an exhibition at the Royal Academy. One of them showed a Virgin Mary with a phallus at a urinal. Police visited the Baltic in September after complaints about a photograph, owned by Sir Elton John, of two naked girls. The picture was removed.

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NBC Sets 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Live Musical for Spring 2. NBC is doubling down on live musicals. The network has ordered a live production of the Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar that will premiere on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, who wrote the music and lyrics, respectively, for the 1. Marc Platt, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. While Zadan and Meron have exec produced every one of NBC's live musical productions going back to The Sound of Music Live!

Webber, Rice and Platt. The latter most recently exec produced Fox's Grease Live! January 2. 01. 6, which nabbed big ratings and won five Emmys, including one for Platt. Platt also produced the smash movie musical La La Land.)Webber and Rice, who are both Oscar, Tony and Emmy winners, are also known for their collaborations on the musicals Evita and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Watch The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years Online Free 2016 on this page. Webber's other best- known musicals include Cats and Phantom of the Opera, while Rice's credits include The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Universal Television will produce with The Really Useful Group, Marc Platt Productions and Storyline Entertainment.“As we continue to expand the profile of our live musicals, we are thrilled to be partnering with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to bring a new live staging of the iconic Jesus Christ Superstar to NBC,” NBC entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt said Wednesday in a statement.

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Live musicals have become somewhat of an annual holiday tradition on the network, airing every December since 2. Other recent productions include Peter Pan Live!, The Wiz Live! Hairspray Live! Live broadcasts have proven to be big business for the network ever since Sound of Music! Greenblatt, who himself has produced musicals including 9 to 5, has subsequently pushed for more live productions, including a live production of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men, which has been delayed from a planned April 2. Fresh off the success of Grease Live!, Fox attempted its own religious- themed musical production with The Passion.

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