1990s pop culture. setting the scene generation x generation x-is the generation born after the baby...
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1990s Pop Culture
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Setting the Scene
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Generation X• Generation X-is the generation born after the
Baby Boom• People born in the 1964 – 1980– That means any one that ranged from 10 to 26
years old in the year 1990. – Mr. Zotz was 12 yrs. old
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Money and Inflation 1990's• In 1990 a new house cost $123,000.00 and by 1999 was $131,700.00 • In 1990 the average income per year was $28,970.00 and by 1999 was
$40,810.00• In 1990 a gallon of gas was $1.34 and by 1999 was $1.22 • In 1990 the average cost of new car was $16,000.00 and by 1999 was
$21,100.00• Super Nintendo $159.00 New Jersey 1996 • Cellular Car Phone $325.00 Ohio 1990
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Sports and Entertainment Objectives:
1. Recognize the following sporting events.Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire BattleDream TeamBull Dynasty College and NFL Dynasties
2. What major “special effects” took place in the 1990s cinema?
3. How has the image of the typically American family change on T.V.?
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Sports In The 90's• Baseball
– Players go on strike again in 1994 / 1995 Fans Fed Up With the greed of Players and Owners
– Attendance Drops 20– Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire Chase Homerun Record of 61
home runs in one season ( set in 1961 ) • Mark McGwire wins with 70 home runs
• Basketball – Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls won six titles in the 90's:
91, 92, 93, 96, 97 and 98 – The decade also saw the creation of the “Dream Team,” the
1992 Olympic men’s basketball team,• They destroyed the competition and of course won the
gold medal in Barcelona. – Owners lockout the Players in 1998.
Dream Team Clip
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• Can you Name the 11 Players on the Dream Team of 1992?
• 1• 2• 3• 4• 5• 6• 7• 8• 9• 10• 11
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1990s Sports• Soccer
– Women team wins World Cup-• Brandi Chastain kicks the
final shot, and whips off her shirt and runs around in her sport bra waving it over her head.
– Major League Soccer (MLS) is launched, which is still in place today.
• Football – College Football headed by
Nebraska and Florida State.– Dallas Cowboys to win the 92,
93 and 96 Super Bowls• Ice Hockey
– NHL Labor Unrest Players with two lockouts in the decade
Brandi Clip
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Newkirk Slide• Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500
After 20 years of bad luck in the Great American Race Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500.
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Music- Attack of the Boy Bands
• Boy Bands of the 90s– Backstreet Boys– N*Sync – O-Town – 98 Degrees
• Backstreet Boys Break The Record: First Week SalesMay 18, 1999 saw the release of the Backstreet Boys' fourth album Millennium.
• The album sold over 1.5 million copies in the first week a record which was previously held by Garth Brooks.
Backstreet Boys “I want it that way”
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Fads
• Spandex shorts• Pokémon• Grunge music and fashion• Koosh Balls• Saved By The Bell• The Macarena• American Gladiators• Extreme sports• Gigapets / Tomogatchi• Trapper Keeper• The Waif Look• Tamagotchi• Spuds MacKenzie• Push Pops• Bowl cut• Beanies (caps/hats) • Stoner and slacker humor (Beavis and Butthead, Bill and
Ted?s Excellent Adventure, etc.)• Discman• Multi-colored silk shirts• Wide leg jeans• Radio Disney
• V-Chips (for TVs)• Overalls• Chat Rooms• Girl Power• Car air fresheners• Street Fighter• What would Jesus do?• Hypercolor (clothing that changed color with heat)• Eight ball leather jacket• Pogs• Psych!• Hip-Hop Fashion• I've fallen and I can't get up!• Mortal Kombat games• Claw vending machine• Hi-top fade• Tickle Me Elmo• SUV's• Clackers• Dr. Martens• Oprah's Book Club
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Blockbuster Hits- Dawn of the DVD
• Computerized– Toy Story
• 1st computer animated movie• New Animation- Revolutionizes Cartoons
• Historical– Brave heart– Schindler’s List– Saving Private Ryan– Dances with wolves– Forrest Gump– Titanic
• Titanic opened in 1997 • BIGGEST Total Box-Office Film ever in film history
with over 1 Billion dollars• Academy Awards totaling 13
• Special Effects- The Age of Digital Graphics– Jurassic Park– Terminator 2– Matrix
Toy Story Clip
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T.V. Hits• TV SHOWS
– Beverly Hills 90210– The Fresh Prince of Bel-
Air– Home Improvement– Married…With Children– Roseanne– Simpsons– Saved by the Bell– Hit TV Show Friends
• It was a hit TV show and lasted 10 years.
– SeinfeldThe "Show About Nothing"The Fresh Prince
of Bel-Air Clip
Friends Clip
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Two Different WorldsMarried With Children• 1990s• Disrespectful to Family• Wife does not clean or take care of
family• Dad is shoe’s salesmen- Hates his
job• Kids Fight and perverted
Leave it to Beaver• 1950s• Respectful family• Wife take cares
of house and family
• Dad works corporate job- King of the house
• Kids get along and respect parents
Married With Children Clip
Leave it to Beaver Clip
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Gaming/Toys • First 3D Game
– The first complete 3d game 'Quake' was release. It sent shockwaves through the gaming industry
• Nintendo 64 Released– The Nintendo 64 is
released. Gamers rejoice.• Tickle Me Elmo
– HUGE CRAZE• Pokémon First Introduced
– Pokémon the major kids game was realized to the U.S. and swept the Nation with its great gaming.
• Beanie Baby Collecting• Magic the Gathering
– Card Game- With some imagination required
Quake Clip
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• End of Day One
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Famous HeadlinesObjectives:
Recognize and explain the details of the these cultural events of the 1990s?Dolly
Stem Cell ResearchY2K
Rodney King/LA RiotsO.J. Simpson Trial Ebonics MovementDr. Jack Kevorkian
Camel Cigarettes Remove Joe CamelOklahoma Bombing
WacoWorld Wide Web
Growth of MicrosoftColumbine Tragedy
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Technology Controversy -1990s• Controversy in Medical Science • Cloning is the ability to clone one
animal from the cell of another animal. – A sheep later called Dolly which
was cloned from the cell of an adult Ewe and was fused with an unfertilized egg cell from which the nucleic DNA had been removed.
• Stem Cell Research – In 1998 stem cells derived from the
human embryo were first isolated– Stem cells are being used to help cure
many of diseases
Dolly Clip
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Y2K Scare
• Y2K =Year 2000• The Fear
– EVERYONE THOUGHT ALL THE COMPUTERS WOULD CRASH – • THEY THOUGHT THAT AFTER 1999, THE COMPUTERS WOULD
NOT KNOW WHAT THE DATE WAS AND THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE COMPUTERS WOULD BE LOST FOREVER.
• PEOPLE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENTS, MONEY, JOBS, HOUSES - ANY LOANS - GOOD CREDIT, ETC.
• WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK TO CAVEMAN TIMES - NO HEAT, RUNNING WATER, ETC.
– World was coming to the end- Judgment Day• Billions of dollars spent world-wide on Y2K upgrade
on computer software.• NOTHING HAPPENED
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Racial Violence• Rodney King
– A videotape of black man (Rodney King) being beaten by four white police officers makes national headlines.
– It shows King being beaten and kicked, without offering any resistance.
• LA Riots– Reaction to the police from the Rodney
King case handed a verdict of NOT GUILTY
– Racial riots broke out in south central L.A. and led to several days of rioting.
• OJ Simpson– Ex. Football Star tried for murder of his
ex-wife Nicole Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman
– He hired a “dream team” of Attorneys and was Acquitted
– “ If the glove does not fit, you must acquit. Rodney King Clip
LA Riots Clip
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Racial/Gender Issues• Texas Dragging Death
– In late June, three men associated with the Ku Klux Klan dragged a black man, James Byrd Jr. to his death.
• Ebonics– The Oakland, California School board elects to
recognize black English, termed Ebonics as a separate language.
• Clarence Thomas sexual harassment hearings– Supreme Court nominee Clarence
Thomas is accused by Anita Hill of sexual harassment
– He still gained a seat in the Supreme Court
– Women were outraged• Rapper Tupac Shakur Is Gunned Down.
– The gangster rapper is gunned down after leaving a boxing match
– Gov’t announces USA has a gang problem
Ebonics Document
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Famous Headlines in the 90s • Dr. Jack Kevorkian assists his first
– “Dr. Death” helped with assisted suicide– Overall assisted 130 patients – 1999 charged with 2nd degree murder-released
in 2007• Camel Cigarettes Remove Joe Camel
– Camel cigarettes removes Joe Camel[a drawing]from it's advertising because opponents claim Jo Camel causes cigarettes.
• Jeffery Dahlmer is arrested– Serial Murder- 17 cases– Rape, Torture, dismemberment, and cannibalism
• Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the back of the knee– One month before the 1994 Winter Olympics,
her rival's boyfriend, attacked her after a skating meet.
– Tonya Harding would still go on to face Nancy at the Olympics,
• Roseanne Barr Sings The National Anthem– She attempted to use “baseball "jesters after the
poorly executed song. Brought much negative media attention
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Violent Headlines in the 90s
• Oklahoma Bombing– Terrorists exploded a bomb in
Oklahoma City that killed 168 people• Timothy McVeigh and Terry
Nichols were convicted of the crime
• Waco Tragedy– David Koresh forms a cult in
Waco Texas– Reports of Firearms within cult
compound- – ATF siege last 51 days ending in
a breakout of a fire in the campground
– Most the cult members die
Waco Tragedy
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Violence in Schools• Arkansas School Massacre– Two young boys, aged 13 and
14, killed 5 people at a Jonesboro, Arkansas middle school after a hoax fire alarm.
– They were killed on the playground.
• Columbine Tragedy– April 20, 1999, two students
go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
– They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves
Columbine Clip
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Technology Controversy 1990s• World Wide Web
– In 1991 when the WWW first became available for the public it grew dramatically with users multiplying at the rate of about 3500 times a year ,
– By the year 2000 there were an estimated 295 million users on the Internet.
• Growth of Microsoft– Microsoft who from small beginnings
now have their operating systems installed on 80% of the world's computers.
– Technology at an affordable price– BUT- so strong very few new companies
can enter the market• Mobile Communications,
– By the end of the 1990's owning a mobile phone was a fact of life
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Fashion
Objectives:1. Indentify and explain the
Fashion Trends 1990s Corporate Casual
90210 LookGrungeHip Hop
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Fashion• 1980s
– Valley Girl– Preppy– Punk– Power Dressing
• 1990s– Corporate Casual ( New
Power Dressing)– 90210 Look (New Preppy)– Grunge ( New Punk)– Hip Hop ( New ??)
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New Corporate Outlook• 1980s- Power Dressing
out Casual In• 1990s- Increase in the
demand for comfortable styles.
• Business Casual– Many businesses
allowed work attire to become more relaxed and some toned down their dress code to "business-casual."
• Causal Friday– completely causal,
resulting in fun and higher productivity.
Power Dressing
Business Casual
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90210 Look• New Preppy Look- Suburban
Rich Kids• Name after hit T.V. Show
90210• Fashion Trends
– Silk Shirts– Rugby Shirt– Doc Martens – Dress shirts without a collar– Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans– Baby t-shirts. Close fitting
short sleeve t-shirts.– Rayon dresses, especially
flower print with short tight sleeves and flared skirts.
– Long broomstick skirts– Short sleeve turtle necks.– Chunky shoes.– Dress shirts without a collar
Preppy/Valley Girl90210 Look
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Grunge Look• Grunge Look– Spin off of Nirvana
Craze– Put Seattle on the
Map• Cut off Jeans• Flannel
80s Punk
90s Grunge90s Grunge
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Hip Hop Look• Birth of Hip Hop in the 80s
• Begins to Mature in the 90s
• Trends– Saggy pants– M.C. Hammer
Pants– Hat Backwards– Clothes
Backwards– Big Necklaces
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Other Trends• Overalls• White and Colored
Denim• Wallet chains• Hyper Color- T-
shirts that change color with temperature.
• The Rachel Jennifer Aniston layered haircut she sported on “Friends” was the rage