I had a great aisle seat, and got hugged and kissed on my head by the lead guy, and his bare chest hovering over me! (sigh)
What surprised me was the fact that the actual theme of the show, the Viet Nam war draft, would be so unsettling. I sat through the end with tears running and a queasy feeling in my stomach. I could wax all philosophic here, ( because I came home feeling very troubled) but nobody understands my rambling when I do that.
So suffice to say my observation was this. As bad and F**cked up as we thought things were back then, and as hard as we got our pot induced reality CHECKED. The draft was good? bad? I dont know???? the war was certainly life altering for my generation..... I have to say this. Looking at how far we, (meaning our Government, and humanity in general) has come, it was far less scarey than what is happening now. To compare the naivete of that generation, and the goings on of today just leaves me sad, and feeling unsettled, what ,indeed, is next?? can this turn around??? or is that as much a pipe dream as we had back then??
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old hippies never die, they just fade away. :)
looking back to Viet nam we now see some mistakes but hind sight is never an option in the present. Trouble economics and dissatisfaction with our leaders have in history created the conditions for false profets or tirents to raise in power, we must remain vigilant and informed! Great shirt and beads! was any body else in the audience dress up? Jorge
There were a few wearing jeans and tie dye T shirts, but I think (of course) that I was the only one who could have been part of the cast. At the end they opened the stage , and we all got up there and sang and danced
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