New Netflix documentary, Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99, covers the doomed event and the people behind it
. Festival-goers launched into violent behaviour, destroying and setting fire to most of the site in upstate New York, and sexual assault was rife.
Over twenty years on, Scher is interviewed in the docu-series, but he’s still pretty unrepentant about how the event played out, how they managed it at the time and whether they hold any accountability for the crimes at the heart of its legacy.
“This is an extraordinary experience, there’s nothing like this that happens anywhere in the world. That being said, this is a money-making venture, all right?”The king of glossing over crisis management issues: “We were having fun. We had worked a year to plan this, and it was working. Yes, issues existed, but they were isolated. Nobody came thinking they were going to stay at the Ritz Carlton.”Glossing over the violence and destruction at the festival, while speaking to the media at a press conference:
“We had some amazing music. Then you’ve got knuckleheads, maybe 50 of them, causing trouble… so let’s try to focus on the overwhelming positiveness.”“There were a lot of women who voluntarily had their tops off. Then you get into a mosh pit and you crowd surf. Could somebody have touched their breasts? Yes, I’m sure they did. What could I have done about it? I’m not sure I could have done anything.
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