I'll admit it now, so you have no illusions about me having good taste--I like most disco music. And so it was natural that I would watch this documentary that chronicles the roots of disco to the "death of disco" in 1979-80 and the music that it inspired today. For "old fogies" like myself, it's as nice stroll down memory lane. The interviews, music and history was great.
My only complaint is that it seemed a bit disingenuous when the film blamed the demise of popularity of the music as due to "racism" and "homophobia"! Please...give this a rest! It's too easy to chalk up anything to racism or gay-bashing. While I liked the music, there was also too much of it and after a while it all started to sound the same--prompting, in my opinion, the "disco sucks" movement and demise of disco. To me their assertion seemed self-serving--instead of looking at themselves, they blame others for the decline. Just my two cents worth.
My only complaint is that it seemed a bit disingenuous when the film blamed the demise of popularity of the music as due to "racism" and "homophobia"! Please...give this a rest! It's too easy to chalk up anything to racism or gay-bashing. While I liked the music, there was also too much of it and after a while it all started to sound the same--prompting, in my opinion, the "disco sucks" movement and demise of disco. To me their assertion seemed self-serving--instead of looking at themselves, they blame others for the decline. Just my two cents worth.