1990s Pop Culture

Setting the Scene

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

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

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.?

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

• Can you Name the 11 Players on the Dream Team of 1992?

• 1• 2• 3• 4• 5• 6• 7• 8• 9• 10• 11

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

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.

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”

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

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

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

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

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

• End of Day One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fashion

Objectives:1. Indentify and explain the

Fashion Trends 1990s Corporate Casual

90210 LookGrungeHip Hop

Fashion• 1980s

– Valley Girl– Preppy– Punk– Power Dressing

• 1990s– Corporate Casual ( New

Power Dressing)– 90210 Look (New Preppy)– Grunge ( New Punk)– Hip Hop ( New ??)

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

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

Grunge Look• Grunge Look– Spin off of Nirvana

Craze– Put Seattle on the

Map• Cut off Jeans• Flannel

80s Punk

90s Grunge90s Grunge

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

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