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The church play cinematic universe (preview)

🕑 Added 2022-05-11 05:10:05 +0000 UTC

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Mia Johnson

Lmfao holy shit what you said about jack sparrow sounding like a mediocre robin Williams impression had me in TEARS 😭

maculous

the silent struggling in each crucifixion scene is killing me

Finn Scoville

The whiplash I felt with that final cut… I was so convinced that he wasn’t gonna go for it because of that hangtime - the music continuing to play, no “whoa” in sight… I thought to myself, “oh, of course, that note is way too high! No one in their right mind would attempt that when they have his singing range!” And then, at the complete last minute… a single, pained “wuAUGHHH”. Beautiful. That cut truly made my night, thank you 😂

Lamb

that song is actually about captain jack, which is probably why they used it

Anna

Haha, love this concept! I assume the Elizabeth knockoff in the Pirates play was a reference to Mary Magdalene, who is often portrayed as having been a prostitute prior to joining up with the Jesus crew. Thus the weird sassiness and references to trying “everything” to fill the emptiness in her soul or whatever.

Moira Laidlaw

Yeah I’m Canadian and I’ve never heard of that song from the pirates one. I do appreciate the weird irony of these lavish spectacles to honour Christ tho. Just the way he said to do it, right? Right?

AnthonyAitch

“Bonus points for pyrotechnics when Christ rises from the dumpster” I laughed so hard I had to pause the video!

Spencer Hastings

Back in high school when i was in my catholic youth group every year each small group would be given a different bible story to make a skit about. One year my group got a story about not judging others. Tbh idr the story but my vision i enforced on the group is someone passes judgement and the JCPD jumps out and we sang a rendition of Stop in the Name of God Before You Judge Someone. I am still proud of it and just wish I had filmed it. I am now an atheist but if my former church wanted to put on one of these i would be first in line. (Also i think the priest is evil bc evangelicals tend to not like Catholics. The feeling is mutual)

Tony Aiello

Ohmygod. The cringe.....we have a "church on the rock" in the next town. It's this very modern looking building set way back on the lot surrounded by flat grass and farms on 3 sides like something out of Stephen King or a Talking Heads video.

Alex Karassavidis

......WEAAOHH!!!!

Anessa B

LMAO DDR flashbacks, Captain Jack is a EDM fever dream

Void WL

THE RASPUTIN PARODY?!?!??!?

Matt Penn

Does anyone else think that the woman who played the pirate Mary (she was also in the Robin of the Hood show) looks like Angie Harmon?

Matt Penn

I'll give this church credit where credit is due. As dumb as the plays can be, they clearly put A LOT of work into building the sets, the costumes, and the overall production.

Kevin Glover

What a note to leave that on

Daisy Frabell

Could not have been a *better* stopping point

Xander

I have watched the preview vid like 6 times now, idk what I am going to do if the whole thing doesn't get finished. It's such a perfect idea for a video

Miles Proctor

I wish I saw this earlier in the year Jenny we did a Mamma Mia themed Purim spiel in March and it slapped

Monica McFadden

I never knew about these plays before, but now I am dying to learn more. The fact that they crucify characters from popular franchises is amazing.

Chris Carter II

I grew up super super religious and I’ve been a fan of this channel for a while, and this is one of the greatest vids I’ve seen Jenny. Thank you so much😂

Kim Stroberg

No exaggeration, I really can't remember the last time I had such a strong, full-body physical cringe reaction as I did when Ace Ventura came out and did the alrighty then line. I had to pause and look away for a good 20 seconds haha

Jack Brannelly

Perfectly cut screams

Haldon Lindstrom

Oh my god, I love this

Brorsan

Perhaps I am more computer illiterate than I thought. How could I find these plays online? I'd love to watch the Avengers one, the ending's Chumbawamba/REM medley connects with me spiritually.

Ben Detrixhe

I like that she cut off the preview on such a badly sung note.

Ben Detrixhe

This is very important. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Devin M

…none of these people can sing. This is the most confusing part for me.

Eleanor Woods

I had a very extensive dream about you uploading the rest of this and I got very excited and woke up lmao

Daisy Frabell

I love your Easter Hat. And Aragog’s.

Brit Wigintton

i can’t wait for this honestly, truly. just UNHINGED

Bailey Share

I just want to know… in the “Kung Fu Fighting” song, did they change the lyrics to something like “everybody was worship praising” or did they use the actual lyrics? Are they saying this guy‘s home planet worships Jesus by recounting a time when everyone was kung fu fighting??

AK Barratt

They're SWEDING

Katrina Holmes

I’m walking on sunshine…. WAaaahOoOOo!

Markus D

I don't know if you're a fan of the podcast God Awful Movies, but that's where I learned what you say is true. I'm SHOCKED at how shite a movie can be while still getting a Christian audience as long as it's preaching to the choir.

Markus D

The Mormons definitely have the money to do these sorts of things (and they have a lot of plays anyway) but I think that they might consider this a bit too blasphemous?

Markus D

I think it's extra hilarious that his screech is several beats too late, like he had to hype himself up to get it out.

Markus D

Giving Sulu "Kung-Fu Fighting" is one of those weird moments where I have to say "You aren't even doing your racism right!" Though I guess the idea of not being able to distinguish Chinese and Japanese people is potentially more racist...

Markus D

13:30 was hilarious in how that's just such an insanely compounded reference and I love the way you said "Oh my god." Also, that final cut was beautiful.

Megan Smith

Perfect end cut

Audrey

I RECOGNIZE THE CAPTAIN JACK SONG. It is called "Captain Jack" by the group "Captain Jack" and it's actually really amazing, though I'm biased because my friends and I listened to it in middle school because we were just getting more access to the internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bb_w7nOBwg&ab_channel=CaptainJackOfficial

John Fenster

I took a picture of my cat and saw my espaliered pear tree in the background and instinctively sighed, expecting it to start singing some 90s pop song I haven't thought about in years.

Elizabeth VanStralen

The Captain Jack song they used was from DanceDance Revolution

Fay Grace

"WUU-"

Kyle Williams

One thing I noticed about evangelicals and most other super religious people is they love terrible comedy, drama, and acting. Low production value is another plus. And I don't mean in an ironic way. The absolute garbage that is most christian movies is lost on the core audience.

Gillder

Perfect place to cut. XD

Az G

Absolutely hilarious, excited for the full video :)

Beepski Meepski (Ashley)

Ohhhh my god the place this video cuts I am CRYING

M. R. Turnage

This was a great way to end the preview. I want more.

Jamie

I'm very excited for this. I love that the previous cuts on that melodic WHOA, leaving is thirsty for more

teacupful

As a devout Christian who stopped going to church in my early teens, I have heard some upsetting things come out of the mouths of pastors on meticulously lit stages, but hearing actual quotes from the gospels out of the mouth of cosplay Jack Sparrow is a new kind of wild.

James Flemming

I went to the comments section to say it was Highland Dancing but I didn't know much else nor anything about the sword dance. (I did Scottish Country Dancing instead :P)

Jaz Mei Luo

I had no idea this was in the pipeline lol I guess I haven't been paying enough attention. Lol, love all the strange topics you bring to my attention, Jenny!

August

this sparked SO much joy, I can't wait for the full thing

Eleanor Woods

A delight, and I'm excited to see the full thing. good goin jenny!

kduds

As someone who was raised in an evangelical megachurch, nah. They know they're being extra with these plays and that's precisely why they do it. To those who identify with this brand of Christianity, Jenny's only lightheartedly poking fun at the things they already know & intentionally created. Those who take issue with this video will also take issue with the subject matter itself -- to conservative Christians, this church is mocking Jesus/the resurrection story and would be the main target of ire.

Rick Clark

I’m loving this, but can someone just reassure me that there won’t be some kind of violently awful reaction to this video by either Christian or anti-Christian social media? I know it’s meant in good fun and isn’t mean-spirited, but the Internet is not always the most tactful (see also: the aftermath of Trapped in a Island with Josh Hutcherson (people went to the author’s page and were less than kind to her)).

Soth

My cringe is cringing, well done :)

Emily Bird

Yes I’m so excited, as soon as I saw your tweets I went digging for more clips of these church plays. It reminds me of when I was little and my sister’s ballet class would put on a production of the nutcracker every year, except the nutcracker was Jesus and the mouse king was the devil. I’ve got to find that video tape somewhere

Sen

That type of dancing she's doing with the swords is called Highland Dancing, and come (mostly) from Scotland. The dance she is doing is called the Sword dance, where the whole challenge of the dance is to not kick the sword while dancing in it. Highland dance is much more popular in Canada than the US. I danced competitively for 7 years as a kid and I'm thrilled it was finally vaguely useful for something. It is definitely the way nerdier than Irish Step Dancing. I can't tell you how jealous we were of them with their cute dresses and bouncy curly wigs. (I was also unfortunately a church kid at a super conservative church and definitely preformed there for plays so this video is basically the equivalent of war flashbacks for me)

Aivi

“I’m walking on sunshine xx”

Andrea Bee

The editing is 👌🏻

Casey 💖

Jenny, thank you for the ending of this preview. Because not only is Princess Bride my favorite movie, but that ending scream put literally tears in my eyes. You are the best. 🥲

Rhetoric Al Leigh

Jenny, you are a total wildcard. You've got so many videos in the pipeline. The Barbie video, Evermore, The Star Wars hotel, Star Wars Land parts 2&3. All very On-Brand. And what is your next project? Whatever this is! And please note, this is NOT a criticism! This is exactly what I love about you as a Youtuber. From no one else can I get this kind of content. This is now the video I look forward to most. Please continue to surprise.

Bryan Sutton

Everyone is talking about how this video ends, but I'm just as big of a fan of how it opens. "So my recent fascination has been obscure Canadian church plays."

Sean Farrell

Perfect stopping point, no notes

Isaac Lawton

I'm pretty sure that character is supposed to be the parallel for Mary Magdalene, in which case she is absolutely delivering a bad "that's what she said" joke.

Mike Cruz

Amazing. CANNOT wait for the final video.

Alexa Johnson-Gomez

I didn't know what was meant by "church play" but oh my god this is 100000% better than anything I could've imagined

James Peeler

I'm walking on sunshine ~~~ WuAAW

Katherine Warakomski

This is delightful, can’t wait for the final version!

Boring Alibi

Also after reviewing this video I feel like the set was more elaborate in 2004 when I went to church, but also might just be because I was a kid lol

Boring Alibi

Wow, love this. Reminds me of the church I went to as a kid and they had a weekly performance for the kids called Treasure Cove with a crazy set. There was like character arcs that followed week by week, like it was a continuous storyline of these characters. I think there was like a pirate, like a naval captain, a hippie lady, a workman. There was a theme song and like it was a whole thing. They still do it weekly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldRJlYTG1OY

Brigitta Fodor

this is content i didn't even know existed, but now i crave more, thanks jenny <3 gimme all the post-crucifiction laments!!

Scott Ferrier

Wow you made my day. It's actually Scottish step dancing. They got hands! Irish step dancing those hands never move above the waste :D

Deb Fine

Jesus rising out of the dumpster with pyrotechnics. . . . You can't make this stuff up.

Eric Cheung

"There is an emptiness in my soul that I've not been able to fill and trust me I've tried everything." The way she delivered it sounded like she was trying to do a "That's what she said" joke.

Meaghan Duncan

I can't believe these are Canadian. I really had my money set on Utah or Colorado.

Eleanor Hughes

Oh my god. These are amazing.

Isaac Lawton

The use of Michael Jackson as "hood" music in the Robin Hood play makes me wonder if there was a rejected plan to have covers of N.W.A songs instead- Straight outta Nazareth, F***k the Romans, Messiah Messiah, etc.

Melissa

this was exactly what my morning needed! I'm even more excited for the full version now :)

Emma Murray

lol that captain jack song with the awful army beat is, i kid u not, called Captain Jack by artist Captain Jack. Someone who produced this was definitely addicted to DDR at the time

Richelle Olsen

i was showing the twitter clips to like everyone i knew so im glad jenny’s making a full video on this topic (although they were SO GOOD out of context)

Jason Fischer

The cut at the end ❤️🤣

Billy Campelo

The SCREAM this ended on this is exactly what I needed to wake up to this morning Jenny thank you

Harry

This is my absolute favorite kind of Jenny content.

Woody Sims

Thankfully I’m at Disney World this week so there is no shortage of busses to throw myself in front of to purge this all from my memory

Evirenia

The way you cut the end of this video is KILLING me

Ali Anne

I never would have guessed that I would be excited to spend an hour engaging with "church plays" but here we are. Can't wait for the full version!

Steve Ray

Church showbiz lends itself to every vice found in regular showbiz.

Rushka Unverricht

These previews always cut off (literally, this time lol!) just when you're getting caught up in them, aaargh! It's kind of morbidly fascinating seeing jolly song and dance productions end with a crucifixion. I mean, I know they're easter themed and all but 'tis really a strange world. Thanks for all the videos of late Jenny!

Annie Doherty

"I'm walking on sunshine...........WAUGH"

Luis

Also how many youtube comments will be "lol Jenny's channel has risen from the dead!"? All they have to do is join her patreon 🤷‍♂️

Zirosto1

They didn't insert Captain Jack into that song btw, as far as I'm aware those are the actual lyrics lol I only know the song because of Dance Dance Revolution

H. Banana

Knowing how cliquey and full of nepotism community theater tends to be, I wonder if there's similar drama behind the scenes of these. Like clearly there has to at least one disgruntled choir member who auditioned for a lead only to have the role be given to someone like our friend at the end there who sounds like he's very slowly and painfully turning into a velociraptor, but is also buddy-buddy with the pastor (or more cynically, perhaps gives more money to the church).

Suedini

I adore this but the horrific level of cringe I have for the memories of the fact my chruch did similar stuff and I was always involved may actually be deadly. I have horror stories

Luis

Oh man I can't wait for the rest. This will surely push you past a million subs better make room for your tree!!

TyDaWeasel

That's a perfect cut to end on; I die laughing every time at his "joyful" screech! The story, singing, and dialogue are always somewhere in the realm of bizarre on these, but those sets are undeniably magnificent!

James Lacey

Oh Jenny... This is going to be incredible.

Totesnotasheep

After watching the video I'm shocked my childhood church didn't do something like this. Great find and awesome video; I can't wait for the whole thing!

Cynethryth

I was absolutely speechless watching these. Can't wait for the full video! I kept sending the Twitter clips to my fiance to his utter bewilderment; can't wait to tell him he will have context soon. Also, thank you so much for all the recent Patreon content!

Cedar Woods

"When Christ rises out of the dumpster" really got me.

Ham

Pain! Pain! And I am here for it

Totesnotasheep

I had NO idea what we were getting into with this video, I really thought it was some video game thing and was like "am I this out of touch?" And it's even more out there than I thought?

Dan Gibbins

One last comment, sorry, but I am eager to see the breakdown of the Back to the Future one. That clip torments me. Who is the guy getting crucified on the clock tower even supposed to BE? He doesn't look like Marty but Doc's in the DeLorean for some reason... I have so many questions.

Dan Gibbins

Look, you're right and you should say it, but... I've only seen this preview and the clips Jenny tweeted but I'm-a go out on a limb here and say they might not care too much about canon.

Reese

Ohhh boy, can't wait to crawl out of my skin with secondhand shame 😄

Anemone Plenary

I live for this. Everything is a cinematic universe if you know how to look.

Dan Gibbins

Wait, what, they gave Barbosa's "What'll it be, Jack" speech to Davy Jones but still put Barbosa in it? What's even happening here. Canadian here, Michael Jackson is as "hood" as Winnipeg is capable of getting. I do not have an explanation for doing Ace Ventura impressions 16 years too late. Please do not judge my country for that. This video looks to be super fun. Very much looking forward to the full version.

Matt Penn

OMG! I can't wait to watch the whole review!

Anna

My friends are going to this hyper-realistic easter story play soon that all the people of one village prepare for for 10 years as thanks for saving them from the plague 400 years ago but I’m just sad I can never irl witness a racially charged Robin Hood adaptation with a weird Al reference that features Jesus resurrecting from a dumpster😔

Dan Gibbins

A couple of nights ago I had a dream this video had dropped. I awoke knowing my subconscious couldn't come up with anything as good as the real video would be. I was correct. My subconscious didn't think of giving Aragog a fun Easter bonnet and umbrella. Dang but picking a song about a sex-crazed magic monk to make about Jesus was a choice. A better choice than having Sulu do Kung Fu Fighting (OOF) but a weird choice just the same.

AndrewW

This is amazing! I can’t wait for the rest.

mickey mosher

This preview had me crying laughing. Can't wait for the full video. The fucking ace Ventura guy. Do you think you can hire him for parties

RiteofWriters

The end of this preview is so wonderful. Thank you 🥹

Oskar Acosta

This is already my new favorite jenny video ever and it’s not even out yet

benjamin fletcher

Mind Blown! This is incredible. I can't wait to see the full version.

CJour82

I’m surprised they didn’t make Spock Jesus in the Star Trek play with Khan

Dan Goodsell

so good - you never cease to amaze with your pop culture explorations

Jason Perez

No way you stopped it there….

sabrina!

love the fact that all of starfleet is present for the entirety of the star trek one.

Kayla

jenny i see you with the custom squishmallow👁👁 SHOW US MORE (please)

Andrew Hill

That cut!!! Hahaha Jesus

Jenny Nicholson

Happy birthday!

Jes

that cut point is chef's kiss

Jenny Nicholson

That's a pretty dramatic twist for me

shawaazu

Oh boy, Captain Jack is the actual name of the song lol It's a 90s eurodance song from Germany, DDR players would be familiar with this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bb_w7nOBwg