I'll start with that there's probably 3 more episodes worth of content that could have been included here. This doco does a decent job at showing the carnage that was Woodstock '99 but misses facts that would have really made this documentary great.
Although they talk at the end about the 4 rapes/sexual assaults, there were more reported to police. There were three people who died at the festival, although only one was due to the extremes itself.
It also missed the opportunity to speak to many more artists about their experiences. They never went into the details about how much money was made from the festival, how many staff (security) were there to handle things, what plans did they have in place for things if they went wrong, what type of infrastructure did they have to stop the back of the crowd from just pushing upon people in front of them, how far the stage was from the audience for safety etc.
It also didn't touch on from perspective and realisation now, that they still didn't do anything wrong. Like who called in the state troopers, was that the festival or did they say that they needed to take control? The questions didn't push them to answer majorly tough questions and certainly make them have to answer if they have any accountability to what occurred.
There's questions and content that really could have made this doco more insightful and how it impacted festivals from then on out throughout the 2000's. For example, Limp Bizkit had a teenage girl die during their performance in Australia due to poor crowd control as well as Fred Durst not listening to security during that moment to stop the show (you can find this content on YouTube). The invention of the two barrier system/D ring set up. Draw comparisons of greed with FYRE Festival. Maybe even a quick bit about the deaths of concert goes at Astroworld.
I know they couldn't have included this in their doco but recently in Australia, Splendour in the Grass have just shown the exact same type of greed through not putting in place the resources to help festival goers.
There was a a lot left to explore and even get insight into, but either they didn't want to do it or just didn't. I'm going to watch the HBO version and see how it compares.
Although they talk at the end about the 4 rapes/sexual assaults, there were more reported to police. There were three people who died at the festival, although only one was due to the extremes itself.
It also missed the opportunity to speak to many more artists about their experiences. They never went into the details about how much money was made from the festival, how many staff (security) were there to handle things, what plans did they have in place for things if they went wrong, what type of infrastructure did they have to stop the back of the crowd from just pushing upon people in front of them, how far the stage was from the audience for safety etc.
It also didn't touch on from perspective and realisation now, that they still didn't do anything wrong. Like who called in the state troopers, was that the festival or did they say that they needed to take control? The questions didn't push them to answer majorly tough questions and certainly make them have to answer if they have any accountability to what occurred.
There's questions and content that really could have made this doco more insightful and how it impacted festivals from then on out throughout the 2000's. For example, Limp Bizkit had a teenage girl die during their performance in Australia due to poor crowd control as well as Fred Durst not listening to security during that moment to stop the show (you can find this content on YouTube). The invention of the two barrier system/D ring set up. Draw comparisons of greed with FYRE Festival. Maybe even a quick bit about the deaths of concert goes at Astroworld.
I know they couldn't have included this in their doco but recently in Australia, Splendour in the Grass have just shown the exact same type of greed through not putting in place the resources to help festival goers.
There was a a lot left to explore and even get insight into, but either they didn't want to do it or just didn't. I'm going to watch the HBO version and see how it compares.