Parenting & Family Quote by Daisy Berkowitz

There is a whole sociology of the mosh pit packed into Berkowitz's offhand "It's great". The praise isn't for harmony; it's for a controlled kind of friction. "Different groups of kids" signals cliques, scenes, and micro-tribes - the goths, the jocks, the theater kids, the art-school weirdos - all carrying their own codes. The line admits what high school culture usually hides behind politeness: people sort themselves, then take sport in it. The laugh "at each other" isn't enlightened; it's tribal, a little cruel, and instantly recognizable.

What makes the quote work is the pivot: "and still enjoy the show". Berkowitz is describing entertainment as a temporary ceasefire, a neutral zone where rivalry becomes part of the fun instead of a prelude to a fight. The show functions like a shared language that doesn't erase difference but makes it legible. You're allowed to keep your identity, even your disdain, as long as you buy into the same experience for the same two hours.

There's also a sneaky, almost punk optimism underneath the cynicism. It's not "kids can laugh at each other and learn empathy". It's: they can clash without collapsing the room. That feels like the ethos of alternative music at its most potent - a space where outsiders, almost-outsiders, and people cosplaying outsiderhood all coexist because the volume is louder than the social hierarchy.