After watching both Hulu and Netflix’s documentaries on the whole entirety of the Fyre Festival incident. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Fyre Festival: it was a festival that was the brain child of Billy McFarland. Billy McFarland used the power of the influencers of social media and ultimately the disappointment following the poor planning and false promises of the festival. Big ticket musical performers were originally billed to be attached to the festival but slowly one by one dropped out.
Hulu’s approach to the documentary varies slightly to Netflix’s approach. Hulu presents a full background on Billy McFarland and the impact of social media influencers (mostly millennial). Showing how much of a Con artist and liar Billy is. Netflix shows more in depth information of the on-goings of the festival and more background information involved.
Both however showcase how poor planning, deception, influencers and lying can come to harm. Each of the documentaries show moments of the media coverage given highlighting the hype and downfall of the festival.
Many involved in the festival did not get paid, those that paid for these amenities did not get their proper accommodations. Those that tried to return after the first day waited hours after their initial departure time.
As a takeaway one of those involved that tried to tell others how bad it is:
@FyrefestivalFraud Twitter final tweet
Let me know what you think about the documentaries. Is it a clear reflection of how bad the Festival was and the lies, deception, and cons of Billy McFarland.
How far are we going to let others influence how we think and act? Do we instantly accept what is shown to us? Or do we start to question is that how things really are?
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