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Re: Milos Forman's film version of HAIR



> Anyway, anyone who loves Kids should at least like HAIR very much.

That's your opinion, of course.  As I said, I found it boring.

It still doesn't have anything to do with The Who.
Actually I think it does have a tenuous connection, as it's one of the major rock opera of the period inspired by TOMMY. It also features a similar idealism to that which infused TOMMY and WHO'S NEXT/LIFEHOUSE. It would be interesting to do an analysis and comparison. I'm somewhat partial to the HAIR rock opera, so I've never really pursued the movie, thinking it wouldn't do the music justice.

The Broadway HAIR was more controversial for a nude scene than for the social statement, perhaps because the opera has more of an inquiring/yearning tone than in-your-face politics. Interestingly, almost everything the opera asked for came to pass: peace, freedom of sexuality, freedom of expression, de-segregation and diversity. The "hippies" that promoted this view disappeared into the fabric of American life, but now that the national ethos seems to be changing, I suspect they're out there waving their placards again.


keets

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