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* ClusterFBomb: Saint Monica. [[JiveTurkey 'Das right, saint.]]

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* JiveTurkey: St. Monica.
* LargeHam: El-Fayoumy.

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* SelfInflictedHell: [[spoiler:Strongly implied for Judas.]]

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Judas, in his mother's totally biased opinion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Judas, according to Simon.

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* %%* WellIntentionedExtremist: Judas, according to Simon.
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* CourtroomDrama

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* CourtroomDramaCourtroomDrama: The drama takes place in one located between Heaven and Hell.

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*BiggerIsBetterInBed: Satan implies this about himself and his considerable "presence."



* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Fabaiana]].

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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Fabaiana]]. It's brought up as a reason why she's broken, but only in passing.


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* TeenyWeenie: Satan tells El-Fayoumy that "on a good day, your cock measures three-and-a-half inches erect" and he definitely means it as an insult.
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* [[spoiler:SelfInflictedHell: Strongly implied for Judas.]]

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* [[spoiler:SelfInflictedHell: Strongly SelfInflictedHell: [[spoiler:Strongly implied for Judas.]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: Tons. Everyone has their own idea of who Judas Iscariot really was. Misguided, mentally ill, evil, betrayed, betrayer, necessary, collateral damage, scapegoat . . .
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* PetTheDog: Even slimy El-Fayoumy is bothered by Satan's treatment of Cunningham. It's even implied that he skips his chance to question Satan because of the effect Satan is having on Cunningham.
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* EvillyAffable: Satan. You might think he's AffablyEvil, until he [[HannibalLecture drops]] his affable mask in the second act.

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* EvillyAffable: FauxAffablyEvil: Satan. You might think he's AffablyEvil, until he [[HannibalLecture drops]] his affable mask in the second act.
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Various performances of the play can be found on YouTube, although the script cannot be read online in its entirety.

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Various performances of the play can be found on YouTube, Website/YouTube, although the script cannot be read online in its entirety.



* CelestialBureaucracy: There are courts in Purgatory and writs signed by God.

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* CelestialBureaucracy: There are courts in Purgatory and writs signed by God.
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''The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'' is a play written by Stephen Adly Guirgis in 2005. It tells the story of a hearing in Purgatory, with the purpose of determining whether or not Judas Iscariot ought to be released from Hell. Judas' motives for his treachery are examined as everyone from Judas' own mother to the Devil himself is called to testify before the court.

Various performances of the play can be found on YouTube, although the script cannot be read online in its entirety.

!!This play provides examples of:

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In universe, not only of Judas but of practically every other mythological and/or historical figure mentioned in the play, from God and Satan to Mother Teresa.
* CelestialBureaucracy: There are courts in Purgatory and writs signed by God.
* ClusterFBomb: Saint Monica. [[JiveTurkey 'Das right, saint.]]
* CourtroomDrama
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Satan calls Fabiana on this one, rather dramatically.
* DrivenToSuicide: Judas, of course, and also the judge after his side lost the war.
* DrowningMySorrows: Judas the night after Jesus's arrest.
* EvillyAffable: Satan. You might think he's AffablyEvil, until he [[HannibalLecture drops]] his affable mask in the second act.
* GoodOlBoy: The judge, who fought in the Civil War on the Confederate side.
* HannibalLecture: Delivered by Satan to [[spoiler:Fabiana and El-Fayoumy]].
* JiveTurkey: St. Monica.
* LargeHam: El-Fayoumy.
* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: [[spoiler:Judas to Pilate after Jesus's arrest]].
* PublicDomainCharacter: All the witnesses, Judas, Jesus, and St. Monica.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Fabaiana]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fabiana delivers these to several witnesses.
* {{Satan}}: He is called as a witness ''twice''.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: St. Monica has "mad saintly conecs", which she uses to get God to sign the writ to authorize the case, among other things.
* [[spoiler:SelfInflictedHell: Strongly implied for Judas.]]
* SpitefulSpit: [[spoiler:Judas to Jesus during their final argument]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Judas, in his mother's totally biased opinion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Judas, according to Simon.
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