Review of Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) by Jluis_001 — 25 Jul 2021

With everything that has happened in this pandemic, and especially with the new protests that are happening right now in Europe and Australia, my acquaintances tell me that I have no faith in people because I just call them stupid.

And no, I'm sorry. I have no faith in them, at all.

And why do I mention this? Because this documentary falls at a perfect time to explain my position, and that is that although there are many examples throughout history, when I tell to people I know that if they really want to see an example of how easily people can be pushed to the edge and fall into hysteria and societal destruction, I just tell them to look at what happened at Woodstock 99.

And that was a music festival, and it only took them three days.

Because even if there are people who will flee from the fire, there will always be many others who will continue to feed it.

Some call it a cultural moment. There was nothing cultural about that debacle. They're simply in love with the wrong kind of nostalgia.

I liked this documentary because although it doesn't expose all of the worst that happened there, it calls things as they are.

But I did find it prejudicial to mention that certain bands, like Limp Bizkit, only fueled people's violent behavior. That's giving them a very cheap excuse for their conduct.

Other than that, it was good enough, and I suppose informative for people who were unfamiliar on the subject.