I attended a play hosted by USF. It’s a very famous play which was brought to life in 1968 at the height of the hippy era. The play which is appropriately named HAIR is about the hippy culture and the values they cherished. They fought the war with a ‘love war,’ permeated with music, drugs and love. Rock and Roll was their communication and love was the result, mixed with some LSD of course.
I really enjoyed the message the play was meant to send. Although, it was incredibly surprising to truly understand how hippies acted. For lack of a better word, they were weird. They all slept together, which was natural at the height of the sexual revolution but besides the obvious, they held cult- like meetings. Surprisingly, everyone stripped completetly naked which caught me off guard. I was shocked the actors were allowed to but I guess it coincided with the theme. Overall, I liked that I was able to finally understand that particular era and I believe the play portrayed it well because it was originated by hippies themselves. It’ worth seeing.