Hirsute

It must have been a tricky decision to make a movie version of Hair. The musical was of its time, the late 60s.  When they made it ten years later, it must have seemed hopelessly dated. Who cared about hippies, or Vietnam?

Also, the original stage version barely had a plot.  The hippy-dippy dialogue mostly served to introduce a score with about thirty songs.  So the movie had to add an actual plot.  The funny thing is, this new plot works pretty well, even though the creators of the original were unhappy their ragtag story wasn't followed.

Hair's time probably had passed.  The film wasn't a hit. But it holds up fairly well. The main problem is the cheesy 70s backing to the wonderful Galt MacDermot songs.  But the cast is game, the songs are staged with some imagination (including some choreography from Twyla Tharp), and director Milos Forman keeps the story afloat.

And nowadays, who cares whether it reflects the 60s or the 70s.  It works.