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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: While the rest of the documentary makes clear that it is a case of NeverMyFault, John Scher gives a long diatribe about how the moment the festival truly began to build up its FromBadToWorse momentum was during Music/LimpBizkit's playing of "Break Stuff" (with archival footage of Fred Durst riling up the audience's participation to the final chorus of "give me something to break!").

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the rest of the documentary makes clear that it is a case of NeverMyFault, John Scher gives a long diatribe about how the moment the festival truly began to build up its FromBadToWorse momentum was during Music/LimpBizkit's playing of "Break Stuff" (with archival footage of Fred Durst riling up the audience's participation to the final chorus of "give me something to break!").break!").
**Scenes of attendees [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere giving up and driving away on Sunday morning]] are accompanied by Music/WillieNelson performing "On the Road Again" during his set.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Handfuls of attendees simply gave up on Sunday, and decided to leave. They were some of the lucky ones.

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Handfuls of attendees simply gave up on Sunday, and decided to leave. They were some of the lucky ones.ones.
** Fatboy Slim and his crew packed up and left before finishing their set, after an underage girl was raped in a van during his performance.

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Since this didn't come up in the documentary, I don't think it belongs here. If anyone disagrees, I'm willing to talk it over.


* AngryWhiteMan: A ''Huffington Post'' [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woodstock-99-white-male-gatekeeping_n_62e7f246e4b00fd8d841b267 article]] makes a case for this being a factor in the riots as well.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Discussed. Joe Griffo, former mayor of Rome, believed that the champagne bottle's failure of breaking the first few hits might have been foreshadowing the failure of '99.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Discussed. Joe Griffo, former mayor of Rome, believed that the champagne bottle's failure of breaking the first few hits might have been foreshadowing the failure of '99.



*** Despite numerous warnings to pay James Brown before he opens the concert, this line cements the idea that if there's any opportunity to cut corners, they will be taken.

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*** Despite numerous warnings to pay James Brown Music/JamesBrown before he opens the concert, this line cements the idea that if there's any opportunity to cut corners, they will be taken.
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Corrected spelling error: "Fatboy Silm" -> "Fatboy Slim"


* MoodWhiplash: Fatboy Silm’s set is humorous, especially when a stoned attendee drives a van in…until the staff discovers a teenage girl raped and her rapist getting his pants back on in the van. This all but destroys any hopes for a peaceful festival.

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* MoodWhiplash: Fatboy Silm’s Slim’s set is humorous, especially when a stoned attendee drives a van in…until the staff discovers a teenage girl raped and her rapist getting his pants back on in the van. This all but destroys any hopes for a peaceful festival.
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* SuspisciouslyAproposMusic: While the rest of the documentary makes clear that it is a case of NeverMyFault, John Scher gives a long diatribe about how the moment the festival truly began to build up its FromBadToWorse momentum was during Music/LimpBiskit's playing of "Break Stuff" (with archival footage of Fred Durst riling up the audience's participation to the final chorus of "give me something to break!").

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* SuspisciouslyAproposMusic: SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: While the rest of the documentary makes clear that it is a case of NeverMyFault, John Scher gives a long diatribe about how the moment the festival truly began to build up its FromBadToWorse momentum was during Music/LimpBiskit's Music/LimpBizkit's playing of "Break Stuff" (with archival footage of Fred Durst riling up the audience's participation to the final chorus of "give me something to break!").
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* SuspisciouslyAproposMusic: While the rest of the documentary makes clear that it is a case of NeverMyFault, John Scher gives a long diatribe about how the moment the festival truly began to build up its FromBadToWorse momentum was during Music/LimpBiskit's playing of "Break Stuff" (with archival footage of Fred Durst riling up the audience's participation to the final chorus of "give me something to break!").
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---->'''Scott:''' "[[OhCrap [[OhCrap Oh shit]]. This is a base."



---->'''John Scher:''' "And I said, 'Do me a favor. Just hold on just a minute. I want you to hear something: One, two, three!' ''*James Brown plays*'' 'I said, 'Go fuck yourself.'"

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---->'''John Scher:''' "And And I said, 'Do "Do me a favor. Just hold on just a minute. I want you to hear something: One, two, three!' three!" ''*James Brown plays*'' 'I I said, 'Go "Go fuck yourself.'""



---->'''Heather:''' "Back then, a bottle of water was probably 65 cents. But at Woodstock, a bottle of water was a stupid four dollars, and it pissed people off."

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---->'''Heather:''' "Back Back then, a bottle of water was probably 65 cents. But at Woodstock, a bottle of water was a stupid four dollars, and it pissed people off."

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* HeatWave: On Saturday, temperatures skyrocketed to over 100 °F (38 °C), and suffice to say it's a major catalyst for nearly ''all'' the festival's issues to go FromBadToWorse.



* SceneryPorn: Seeing the beautiful art on the walls, and the big crowd of people, gives viewers a lot of nice and successful scenery. But that wasn't meant to last.

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* SceneryPorn: Seeing the beautiful art on the walls, and the big crowd of people, gives viewers a lot of nice and successful scenery. But that wasn't meant to last.last -- in fact, by the end of the festival, all that art is torn down and used as kindling for ''several'' bonfires.

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* AntiClimax: A special surprise was promised at the end of the festival. Was it an original Woodstock performer from 1969? Maybe even Music/BobDylan? Another big name? No, silly, it's a projected video of Music/JimiHendrix playing the national anthem from Woodstock '69. And that's it; show's over! All that buildup culminating in ''archival footage'' is the last straw for the already agitated audience, who proceed to riot and loot every vendor in sight.



--> '''Jeff Rowland:''' "Everyone said, 'No fucking way. That's a bad idea.' But John stepped in to overrule the entire board and saying, 'Well, I'm the CEO. We're doing this.'"

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--> '''Jeff Rowland:''' "Everyone Everyone said, 'No "No fucking way. That's a bad idea.' " But John stepped in to overrule the entire board and saying, 'Well, "Well, I'm the CEO. We're doing this.'""



-->'''Sara:''' "I'm like, 'Hey, Mom, this is such a great time. I am having the best time.' And she goes, 'Yeah? What's there?' I go 'Naked people! Everywhere. It's so great!' And she goes, 'Oh m- What did you say?' And I said, 'Oh, I gotta go.'"

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-->'''Sara:''' "I'm I'm like, 'Hey, "Hey, Mom, this is such a great time. I am having the best time.' " And she goes, 'Yeah? "Yeah? What's there?' there?" I go 'Naked "Naked people! Everywhere. It's so great!' great!" And she goes, 'Oh "Oh m- What did you say?' say?" And I said, 'Oh, "Oh, I gotta go.'""


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* NeverMyFault: Michael Lang does have moments of reflection where he admits, however uncomfortably, that maybe there's more he could have done in planning the festival, especially when it comes to the treatment of female concertgoers. John Scher, of whom other members of the staff don't paint a very good picture, has ''no'' such moments, and goes out of his way to make a scapegoat out of Music/LimpBizkit's Fred Durst.

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