Common Sense Media Review
By Marty Brown
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Pop culture docuseries features violent footage.
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Rewind the '90s
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What's the Story?
REWIND THE '90S looks at American culture in the Gen X decade, focusing on trends and innovations that are still relevant today. Each episode looks at a different topic, from the rise of the internet to the origins of reality TV, connecting the dots through archival footage and interviews with people who were there.
Is It Any Good?
This show does a good job of picking compelling topics and making connections to contemporary culture, but it tends to highlight entertainment over information, giving a shallow portrait of a complex era. Rewind the '90s is unnecessarily punctuated with a bunch of talking heads-style interviews with C-list celebrities and minor players in the subjects it covers. While some of these interviews are insightful (like those talking about the inherent bias in the editing for the TV show Cops), they are mostly edited into brief, vague statements along the lines of, "Wow, yeah, I loved Beanie Babies/Jerry Springer/the internet."
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the 1990s. What do you know about the '90s now? What aspects of that decade are still a part of your everyday life?
What are some things that you didn't realize were popular or originated in the 1990s? How have those things evolved in the past few decades?
Does Rewind the '90s give you a new perspective on that decade? What would you say were the defining characteristics of the '90s?
TV Details
- Premiere date: July 31, 2023
- Network: National Geographic Channel
- Genre: Educational
- Topics: History
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: January 20, 2024
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