Reply #29: With your qualifier 'in part'-- then I believe it was... [View All]

[LanternWaste]

With your qualifier 'in part'-- then I believe it was. However, since the movement had no one central theme or agenda, it's difficult to attribute almost anything to The Hippie Movement.

But, there was a definite pattern of searching-- for higher meanings, for truths, for answers, etc. And although that could be said of any generation coming of age, I think the 60's generation opened themselves up to many more possibilities and opportunities than prior or later generations.

And I think that one of these paths of exploration was Spirituality, and sometimes that Spirituality would manifest itself by use of the New Testament teachings and parables.

I would hazard that it became one of the most advertised aspects of the movement just prior to its swan song. In addition to The Word, musicals were coming out that also explored the New Testament through newer perspectives-- Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar immediately come to mind.

And as much as I love watching Godspell (for a number of reason), I certainly don't think any studio today would touch that script with a ten foot pole-- way to liberal for the Evangelical, and way too Christian for the secularites. Half the country would be screaming for the heads of the actors/directors/writers on a pole if something like that were produced in the here and now.