War Vet reactions to HAIR? Spoilers

Hi all,

I've seen HAIR twice now and am taking a friend tomorrow to see it. Another friend of mine is coming now and I'm not sure if HAIR is right for her. She's recently come back after a year in Iraq, and she lost a very close friend over there. I'm afraid that the war scenes and the image at the end of Claude on the American flag will be too much for her. I know it had an impact on me just having a friend overseas. Has anyone heard any responses from war vets and their experience with HAIR? Do you think it is an appropriate choice?

Thanks. :)

It might be difficult for her, but that doesn't mean that's a bad thing. It could let her grieve in a way that is uplifting and necessary.

But the best advice is definitley to talk to her directly and let her make an informed decision.

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One of the times I saw it, I sat next to a Viet Nam Vet. We talked briefly at intermission. I told him I was two years too young to be drafted at that time. He openly cried at the end but I heard him rave about how great it was.

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My uncle, aunt and uncle's friend went to see the show. Now, due to the fact that my Aunt was sick, my Uncle offered to give me the ticket since he knows I love theatre. My uncle and his friend both served in Vietnam together and both have two polar opposite views on the subject.

It was very interesting seeing their reactions during the show and then talking about it with them after. My Uncle told me about how he loved the scene where all the draft cards were being burned. He told me that he had thought of doing that himself. But, he was very scared of what would happen if he had done tha. And, he had heard from his friends stories, one worse then the previous one about what does happen.

His friend thought that the tribe was crapping on their country by burning them. Interestingly enough, my uncle is hugely against the war in Iraq, and his friend is all for it.

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