Fudgin Fantastic!!! But.. Questions..

"When he was taking the LSD trip, was that a three-sum they had there?? That was a wild scene. Hs anyone taken that stuff before?? Does it really make everything so bright like that?? Or was their "stuff" more "Beautiful" than anything ever found today?? Todays LSD will probably kill us.."

From what I could tell from the scene, it was a pretty accurate representation of an LSD trip. On acid (LSD),The world does appear brighter, objects morph before your eyes, and moving objects leave trails in your vision. The quality of the acid you can get today varies, as it did back then. Some of it is truly amazing, while other stuff is fake or is actually another chemical being sold as LSD. On the whole though, I do believe the acid back then was stronger, cleaner, more "beautiful" then what you get today. I believe that people were less concerned about the profit-margin of LSD back then and fewer people knew how to manufacture it.

One more note: LSD is an incredible powerful drug, one that is measured in micro-grams. The amount of LSD they ate, based strictly on the size of the paper, looked to be about 4 doses. In other words, the piece of blotter that they took was roughly four times larger in size than the normal sized dose that you would get today.

Um.... The "gay" stuff is a huge part of Eliot Tiber's life and based on his BOOK. So yes, it was necessary as he was one of the many singled out in the STONEWALL RIOTS just a few months before WOODSTOCK. It was kept to a minimum because he was not "out" to his family.
The movie was about a life changing event from "his" perspective, hence the reason there were no actual performances.... he didn't see any.
Probably easier if you just pick up the book. Although I think the movie is great without reading the book, it helps to understand what we see on screen and what we don't see.

Great film though, even without actual performance footage.

Ummmmm...

I don't want to sound too paternalistic.

But I took LSD in college multiple times back in the 1980s. And although the movie does a fine job of recreating the hackneyed effects of the drug (undulating images, brighter colors, etc.), it is not completely representative.

The best description I can think of is that the auditory/visual hallucinations can occur (infrequently in my opinion) with the power of suggestion.

Laughing fits can also be typical if you are in a good mood and in a comfortable situation with friends.

The most common effect, in my humble opinion, is the feeling that you have discovered earth-shattering insights into the meaning of music, mood, life or other deep subjects.

But, on the other hand, the opposite is also true. If you are in a bad situation or uncomfortable, the paranoia and effects of the drug can be exacerbated. An additional problem is that the drug's effects are long-lasting, i.e., you want the trip to be over but it continues for many hours (and sometimes into the next day). The long-lasting effects can play tricks with your mind where you believe the drug's effects are over and that the new-found feeling is your permanent reality.

So, like so many things, it is a personal choice whether to indulge in this drug or not.

I am an attorney and former Judge and now in my late 40s. I'm glad I did experience it, but would never do so again and would not advocate its usage to my children. Guess that's just the arrogance of me.