{"id":6711,"date":"2017-10-20T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2022-01-25T01:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:41:45","slug":"50-years-of-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/50-years-of-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years of hair"},"content":{"rendered":"

the hippie\u00a0rock musical hair<\/em><\/strong> is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n

\"theatre<\/p>\n

fun esl practice\u00a0\":)\"<\/span>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n

mark hanrahan<\/strong> at reuters.com<\/strong> reports<\/a> that<\/p>\n

a special production of the 1960s rock musical \u201chair\u201d, <\/span>tweaked<\/em> for the age of trump, premieres in london this week to mark the <\/span>ground-breaking<\/em> show\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/span><\/h4>\n

tweak<\/strong> <\/em>means\u00a0minor changes\u00a0<\/em>have been made. ground-breaking<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means hair<\/em> was unique<\/em> and new<\/em>; it changed<\/em> theatre.<\/p>\n

\"make<\/p>\n

a hippie slogan<\/u><\/em><\/h5>\n

hanrahan talks about the tweaks<\/em> that were made…<\/p>\n

among<\/em> the updates, characters sing about making \u201camerica stronger,\u201d \u2013 a reference to u.s. president donald trump\u2019s \u201cmake america great again\u201d campaign slogan<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

among<\/strong><\/em> means amid<\/em><\/a>; part of a larger group; hanrahan is listing one of a few<\/em> updates.\u00a0slogan<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a phrase associated with a person or a group<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

irreverent kneeling<\/u>? (thearon w. henderson\/getty images)<\/em><\/h5>\n

and hanrahan observes that<\/p>\n

despite<\/em> the social and political changes since the show\u2019s creation, its themes of racism, fears of nuclear war – and its irreverent<\/em> treatment of the american flag – mean that [it] is still relevant to the current political discussion<\/em>.<\/h4>\n

despite<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0presents contrasting ideas<\/em>. regardless<\/a> of<\/em>\u00a0social and political changes,\u00a0hair<\/em> is still relevant today.\u00a0 irreverent<\/em><\/strong> indicates a lack of respect<\/em>. discussion<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is different from the spanish word discusi\u00f3n<\/em>. it means conversation<\/em>, NOT argument<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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despite<\/u> being 50 years old, hair is still relevant to\u00a0current<\/u>\u00a0political discussions<\/u>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

the end of the article presents a question,<\/p>\n

would the u.s. president himself, currently embroiled<\/em> in a row<\/em> over american football players kneeling<\/em> during the playing of the national anthem in protest<\/a>, approve of the show?<\/h4>\n

\"trump's<\/p>\n

hair. trump. ironic.<\/em><\/h5>\n

director jonathan o’boyle <\/strong>answered<\/p>\n

he\u2019d probably hate it.<\/h4>\n

currently<\/strong><\/em> means now<\/em>. embroiled<\/strong><\/em> means in an intense argument<\/em>. row<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(pronounced like like how<\/em> or now<\/em>) is a quarrel, a fight<\/em>. kneel<\/strong><\/em> is being on your knees<\/em>.<\/p>\n