1/21/2024 0 Comments Music box woodstock 99![]() It isn’t concerned with details and makes no mention of DeRosia or any deaths. ![]() Their version is more focused on providing an overview of each day’s events from the perspective of the bands and event organizers. With that, HBO makes its thesis clear: this was a dangerous festival put on by people who prioritized greed over human lives. Since the deaths happened at hospital and not on the grounds, he saw no reason to take accountability. But, on HBO, he refuses to address DeRosia’s death and does not accept responsibility for it. On Netflix, he dismisses accounts of sexual assault by saying you can only expect that to happen in a crowd that big. HBO brings in concert organizer John Scher, just like Netflix does and he is absolutely horrible in both. It shows how easy it would’ve been for something bad to happen no matter what precautions you took. He died doing the thing you’re supposed to be doing at a show, the thing any of us would’ve been doing. David would eventually be rushed from the pit to a hospital where he died of heat stroke. If I’d been old enough (and if my actual teenage years are any evidence), I absolutely would’ve been in that pit too. I learned to play “Nothing Else Matters” on guitar in sixth grade. It’s easy to imagine them attending, eager to get as close to the action as possible. I was eight that year, but my older siblings loved KoRn, Metallica and other acts on that random assortment of a line up. The details shared show how widespread Woodstock '99’s issues were.ĭeRosia’s journal ends with him excited to see Metallica, where he’s determined to get in the pit. He mentions drugs, the heat, and the cost of food and water. His excitement over boobs turns to horror when he sees women being groped and assaulted. He writes about the constant drum circles and electronica that made it impossible for anyone to sleep and started fights. ![]() DeRosia’s experience brings you into the trenches. Pretty soon into Music Box, it’s clear things are far more sinister when they introduce the journal of 24-year old David DeRosia, the film’s central narrator. It seemed like the original Fyre Fest: ignorant, out of touch organizers, kids who had no clue what they were doing, greed. I understood it was a capitalist reimagining of the ‘69 festival, so I expected an investigation into the failures of cost-cutting and profit. I knew very little about Woodstock ‘99 prior to watching Music Box: Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage (the HBO one, to keep things clear, I’ll refer to it as Music Box). ![]()
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