Fyre Fraud
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A true-crime comedy exploring a failed music festival turned internet meme at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era.
A true-crime comedy exploring a failed music festival turned internet meme at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era.
“Fyre” is a document of a disaster, speaking to a number of the key players behind the scenes, although never McFarland himself (he is a part of “Fyre Fraud,” and this great piece by Scott Tobias details the controversy there). Instead we…
Fyre Fraud leans on montages and step-by-step explanations of how Instagram celebrities monetize their sponsored posts and how easily McFarland could use that network to create an event he had no qualifications to run. The Hulu film also…
TV Review: ‘Fyre Fraud’ and ‘Fyre’. Both films provide compelling portraits of Billy McFarland, the infamous Fyre impresario.“Fyre” doesn’t have that level of specific insight, and its portrait of McFarland is nourished not by an interview…
