We had a 90's throwback night. (You can skip this post, iSm - nothing culturally relevant happened in the 90's.)
The State, MTV's 1993 sketch comedy show, is available via Netflix streaming. I was a big fan and have kept my eye open for this for ages. These guys have moved on many other projects and tend to bring their friends along with them.
It took many years for this to make it to DVD - in fact, only a few sketches had made it to video until now. The State made full use of MTV's music library and it would have been very pricey to pay for all the permissions. Sadly, they had to change out all the good music and even redub sketches, which hurts the show really badly, especially as a 90's time capsule. Still, good to see this stuff after all these years.
I'm surprised how much I remember, but the best is the stuff I had forgotten, like all the spoofs of MTV. MTV Sports, the Free Your Mind campaign...sigh, I miss the MTV of my day, when adding a sketch comedy show was a new stretch for the channel.
The second half of 90's night was
Human Traffic, a 1999 British tribute to the club scene. Though there are differences between this and the rave scene I experienced at the same time, the similarities are striking, mostly because the movie revolves around ecstasy use. Strangely, you don't see them taking the drug, even as they mention and describe it repeatedly and thoroughly. They got all the details right. Much better than
Go and easily more fun than
Groove.
The music is fantastic and the editing/directing are superb. The story isn't anything amazing but that's not really the point. If you're interested in 90's drug culture, definitely worth a watch.