That was good, too. The bus driver's sheer delight in telling those idiots that the FEMA site they were looking at was where they were staying was amazing.
Fyre Festival Documentary
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That was good, too. The bus driver's sheer delight in telling those idiots that the FEMA site they were looking at was where they were staying was amazing.
I enjoyed both the Netflix and the Hulu versions. I thought the Netflix one was definitely better done but I like the details that I got from the Hulu version. Overall, I would definitely say to watch both as they kind of compliment each other.
Just listening to Billy McFarland in the Netflix one with actually video of him pitching the event and trying to sell people on it made me question how bright some people are. Within 2 minutes of listening to him I knew he was a used car salesman. If you've ever spent any time around somebody like that you can usually spot the usual mannerisms and techniques they use to make you feel comfortable and secure. Most a bunch of vague upsells of everything. I could not comprehend how people trusted him with anything if they had actually talked with him face to face.
Just listening to Billy McFarland in the Netflix one with actually video of him pitching the event and trying to sell people on it made me question how bright some people are. Within 2 minutes of listening to him I knew he was a used car salesman. If you've ever spent any time around somebody like that you can usually spot the usual mannerisms and techniques they use to make you feel comfortable and secure. Most a bunch of vague upsells of everything. I could not comprehend how people trusted him with anything if they had actually talked with him face to face.
Yeah I felt horrible for the lady that ran the restaurant. She lost so much by just being a good person.
I’m pretty sure it was CW or Ross on their show that were discussing this documentary and one of them said that McFarland reminded them of someone from this area. My mind went directly to Tirrell.
True. But how many used cars are sold everyday sight unseen from newly opened used car dealerships with no history? That's pretty much what happened here. And I'm not just talking about people that bought tickets but people that invested hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. That just blows my mind.
Its ****** up that the **** jerry guys fired the guy who they assigned to work the festival. It wasn’t his fault that the festival was a disaster
I got a good chuckle out of the guys who said it was the storm on the island a few hours before people started showing up that finally destroyed any chance they had at pulling the festival off. Yeah, it had nothing to do with the fact that none of the musical acts had been paid or were going to show up or that the luxury villas were just FEMA tents with a couple air mattresses or there were no toilets or water or electricity. If only it hadn't rained everything would have been fine.
Listen, if you go to something just because a bunch of social media influences tell you to, I have zero sympathy for you. It's not like it was held in Siberia and you were freezing to death.
My favorite part was the guy who was slashing tents because he didn't want neighbors. Like he has any moral high ground. Overall, this was just so unbelievable. You couldn't script this stuff.
My favorite part was the guy who was slashing tents because he didn't want neighbors. Like he has any moral high ground. Overall, this was just so unbelievable. You couldn't script this stuff.
Yeah, that little **** stain. I understand going into every man for himself mode given the circumstances, but, c'mon. Try not to be so proud of it or at least don't own up to it on camera.
i had a good chuckle when he went through the words he was told to delete (festival and flights being two of them). Then had to do it in all caps because they didn't think it was case sensitive.
Also G.O.O.D. Music. The lineup wasn't that bad for the type of people that go to party music festivals. The people saying the lineup sucked probably haven't seen anything past Waylon Jennings and the Allman Brothers.
Yep. I coached wrestling with a guy like this, and it damn near burned the whole team down with all the promises he made, things that went wrong, and drama created.
I said the lineup sucked and I've seen plenty beyond Waylon Jennings who, by the way, is a legend. Yes some of those acts are not in my wheelhouse but I know Blink 182 and when they're billed as the headliner, yeah, that's ******.
If the lineup sucked or not is subjective. I'm not surprised that you don't have the same music taste as a bunch of millennial IG influencers. Most of them probably think your music sucks. I'm not saying I would enjoy the acts they put together, but G.O.O.D. Music (Kanye) and Major Lazor is a huge draw with that section of the population.
In the Hulu doc they talked about how Billy and his team never made one payment to any of the talent, or defaulted almost immediately.