Lloyd Webber: ‘People are too PC’
Andrew Lloyd Webber has said many of his famous musicals might not have been made today because of political correctness and for fear of offending minorities.
Two of Lord Lloyd Webber’s biggest shows were inspired by accounts in the Bible - Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, both written with Tim Rice.
Lord Lloyd Webber said: “I’m lucky to have had such a successful career. I’m actually lucky enough to have always done as I want.
“I look back at when I was younger and ask myself would I have written an opera with Tim Rice?
“So many people nowadays are obsessed with things offending people.
“Today people say you can’t do this because it will offend that community, and then you can’t say this because the Muslims will be offended by it and we’ll end up being talked out of it. Talked out of ideas.
“Whereas when I was 20 I didn’t think about those things - you could just do it.”
Lord Lloyd Webber followed the musical with a string of hits, including Evita, The Phantom Of The Opera and Cats.
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