Hair?
Hair?
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: Hair?
Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:17pmThey won't get it, they won't like it, they will be embarrassed.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Hair?
Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:20pm
First of all, it depends on each kid.
Are you a parent asking for his/her own kid or are you a preteen? As ColortheHours mentioned, there is frequent drug use, foul language and simulated sex. The full-frontal nudity happens only in one scene of the show.
I don't think it is appropriate for a preteen, but it is your call.
goodoneinlou2
Stand-by Joined: 5/29/09
#4re: Hair?
Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:51pm
The show recommends ages 13 or older.
Personally, I would not bring a young person under the age of 16. Mostly for the reasons listed above. I simply feel it would embarass more than entertain. The subject matters, although very well handled, are not ones I would have enjoyed or understood at, say 12 or 13. (And that's coming from a fella that has never shocked or offended easily.)
I would think by 16 a teen would have matured to the point of understanding the suggestive moments lead to something.
#6re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 1:19am
Though I didn't see the show, I was introduced to the material at 13. I adored the OBC recording and tried hard to see the show but was unable. The parents were not the theatre going kind. I was well aware of sex, drugs and such at 13 and also intrigued with the Hippy movement and the anti war protests, having gone to a few myself at that early age.
I really believe it is up to the individual child and their parents.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#7re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 2:34am
I really don't think that you can say that Hair or any show for that matter is inappropriate for for any person at 13 or whatever the age they are asking about is. It really is a case by case basis and is dependent on things like their upbringing and how mature they are etc. So, I don't see some of these types of questions to be valid.
Hell, You're talking to someone who's parent's didn't like the idea of censorship to the point where if I wanted to watch a movie or read a particular book etc they would let me even if I would normally be considered "too young." This is because of the fact that they found it better that I read/watch whatever it was and make a decision on if I liked it on my own rather then having them tell me that something is bad or something is good or something is not for me.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 7:04am
My kids both know the music pretty extensively. (8 & 12) They don't understand it all, but they love it. My 8 year old refers to "Sodomy" as the "relaxing song". It simply sounds like a lullabye to him.
When they ask questions, I answer them in age appropriate ways.
And just because kids MIGHT understand things, doesn't mean they are ready to.
HOWEVER, much to my surpise, my HS administration gave me a total green light to bring my Drama Club to this on our annual weekend trip. I just have to send a letter home to the parents letting them know.
#10re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 9:36amI'm 14 and I've seen it 10 times. I have yet to see it with my parents and probably never will or at least not for a long time. I never really understand the harm in watch people use drugs, it would never influence me to go home and do it but some people really care about that. As for the foul language, it's not like they say anything that a 12 year old or older hasn't heard or says. The stimulated sex part would probably be the worst part, but again most kids would already know about it. And the nudity is very tastefully done and it's in no way a sexual thing.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 9:51am
^and at 14, you aren't in a position for what is right for children. I'm not saying that it wasn't perfectly fine for you, and there is a HUGE difference between 11 and 14. My kids have NOT seen sexual activity of any sort. (My daughter KNOWS what sex is, however.) They would not be able to appreciate all the physicality of the show, and would just think it was gross. The younger you are, the more impressionable you are. when school is saying that drugs are bad, it confuses the hell out of kids to bring them to a show that practically GLORIFIES drug use as normal and accepted.
#13re: Hair?
Posted: 10/10/09 at 11:22pmNo. It's not. Knowing the music, even the more inappropriate songs, is NOT the same as seeing the show. I'm saying this as someone who loved the music and saw the show after. At 17 I could clearly handle it and had no problem, but I don't think that there is any preteen who can comfortably watch simulated girl-on-girl sex. I mean, really.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#15re: Hair?
Posted: 10/11/09 at 1:17amhttps://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&thread=1005167#3922531
#18re: Hair?
Posted: 10/11/09 at 5:02amI think it really depends on the preteen and on the parent. When I was 13, I saw Kiss of the Spiderwoman with my grandparents but a year later, the parents of a friend of mine thought she was way too young to see the same show. Different people raise their kids different ways and while I was in a situation that allowed me to understand sex, drugs, homosexuality, etc., my friend was raised in a much more conservative environment.
#19re: Hair?
Posted: 10/11/09 at 10:16amIt really depends on the person and the maturity of the child in question. I was listening to my mother's Hair record probably from the time I was 8 or 9 and I had questions but a lot of it went over my head. My parents took me to see lots of movies and shows that would not be considered "age-appropriate" (I saw Ragtime at 8, the movie The Hours at about 11 or 12) and we had a discussion about them afterwards. A lot of preteens would be embarrassed by the content in Hair and wouldn't necessarily want to see it with their parents but it really depends on the individual kid.
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