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I did not know much about the musical, I thought it came out later than 1967 more like 1969. Holy crap, the cultural vanguard was moving fast as lightning then.
Also, in the movie scene her boyfriend is rude to her before she sings - not sure about the play.
Finally the movie came out in 1979.
According to Wikipedia the musical was first performed in 1967. In my opinion, interpreting it as a crafty satire of the counter culture is a bit of a stretch.
The film and the musical are quite different in what they are trying to be.
The stage musical is mostly about using profanity on stage and being naked. Shock value. I think the story was secondary. That's why it became famous. The ambition level of the productions couldn't be more different.
But just like the film its made by people in the culture poking fun at themselves. They were NOT trying to glorify the culture. The difference is that when they made the film its made by and for ex-hippies rather than being made at the height of the culture. That makes it quite different.
A major difference is that what shocked people in 1967 was seen as competely harmless in 1980. The contexts change what it is trying to be.
I'm a spawn of hippies. I grew up in this shit
The music wasn't written to accompany the film (which most people see as vastly inferior to the stage production, if they've seen both).