[Mb-hair] Re: My wife's first time watching the Hair movie

richard haase hotprojects at nyc.rr.com
Fri Oct 14 03:09:04 PDT 2005


I did not care for the movie at all
and I think the play is the greatest piece of theater ever written in modern
times
in any genre

and i was there
although i was a 10 year old widget going to see HAIR for my birthday
and sucking on an ice pop
and listening to grace bumbry sing carmen

peace

richard in the project pit
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Courtney" <dauber at banana-and-louie.org>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:06 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: My wife's first time watching the Hair movie


> On 10/11/2005, Barbara Siomos wrote:
>
> > I am not going to comment on your and your wife's feelings about the
> > movie... except to say I truly feel bad that you cannot understand why
> > someone would drive across the country to visit someone who made the
> > sacrifice to be in the army just to visit him for a couple of hours
> > even though they had not know him for too long..... I can only say I
> > guess that is one of those times when "You just had to be there". The
> > summer of Love, Peace and Love, Loving one Another, those times were
> > special.
>
> Well, I wasn't around then...I guess it's like how you have people like my
> grandfather, who was watching football a couple of years ago and yelling
> about how all the players and even the coach were black. (I think "shines"
> was the actual term.) And he doesn't realize why I roll my eyes and get
> pissy when he makes those comments.
>
> To be honest with you, though, the "made the sacrifice to be in the Army"
> part didn't cross my mind...now that I think about it, before Berger
danced
> on the table with Charlotte Rae, part of his argument was about how Claude
> was going to be off fighting for his country.  That is a great point.
>
> > Wish you could have been there Dauber and I wish Lisa could have a
> > better feel for the times (60's).
>
> Actually, that was my misunderstanding...hers was the thing about horses.
:)
>
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