Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (2021) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictHyper Woke

89%

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage2021

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What We Think

A textbook example of the modern woke documentary. 'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage' applies today's ideological filter to the past, resulting in selective storytelling and a relentless focus on systemic critique. Not much room left for alternative viewpoints here.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

In our view, this documentary shapes the narrative heavily around modern identity politics and present-day moral frameworks, often framing events of the festival primarily through lenses of race, gender, and systemic issues. Traditional documentary neutrality often takes a backseat to editorializing.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There is a significant amount of critique aimed at traditional masculine culture, frat-boy behavior, and the generational values prevalent at the time. Family, masculinity, and older pop-culture attitudes are depicted mostly as problematic or toxic.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The film rarely gives voice to dissenting interpretations of the festival. Alternative or less 'woke' perspectives are almost always framed negatively; the dominant worldview is very much in line with modern progressive sensibilities.

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