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* TroubledProduction: The whole movie is a long look at the troubles that plagued the organization of what was supposed to be a luxurious festival experience.
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* TroubledProduction: TroubledProduction[[invoked]]: A RealLife example. The whole movie is a long look at the troubles that plagued the organization of what was supposed to be a luxurious festival experience.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on. One organizer mentions how he tried to get Billy to pull the plug and come clean about the problems going on behind the scenes, especially when the soon-to-be attendees began pointing out problems with the company's customer service, only for Billy to order his workers to ''delete all negative comments on the related social media posts'' in a vain attempt to cover the whole thing up, and several reporter bloggers that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) and published on the web were instead told to stop or be prosecuted.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on. One organizer mentions how he tried to get Billy to pull the plug and come clean about the problems going on behind the scenes, especially when the soon-to-be attendees began pointing out problems with the company's customer service, only for Billy to order his workers to ''delete all negative comments on the related social media posts'' in a vain attempt to cover the whole thing up, and several reporter reporters and bloggers that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) and published it on the web were instead told to stop or be prosecuted.
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** At one point, the event's water supply was held up in customs, and Billy asked one of his employees to ''give the customs official a blow job'' in order to clear it without paying.
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* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: One of the interviewed organizers mentions that he tried to keep a good view of the situation by thinking back to how the original Woodstock was an utter Hell on Earth but is still remembered fondly today as an incredible concert. Emphasis on ''tried''.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrived at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrived at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
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* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: One Andy King, one of the interviewed organizers head organizers, mentions that he tried to keep a good view of the situation by thinking back to how the original Woodstock was an utter Hell on Earth but is still remembered fondly today as an incredible concert. Emphasis on ''tried''.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrived at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turnedaround.around.
* TroubledProduction: The whole movie is a long look at the troubles that plagued the organization of what was supposed to be a luxurious festival experience.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrived at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned
* TroubledProduction: The whole movie is a long look at the troubles that plagued the organization of what was supposed to be a luxurious festival experience.
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* ThisIsGoingToBeBig: ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: One of the interviewed organizers mentions that he tried to keep a good view of the situation by thinking back to how the original Woodstock was an utter Hell on Earth but is still remembered fondly today as an incredible concert. Emphasis on ''tried''.
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* TheCassandra: One influencer saw straight away that the festival was a disorganized mess and documented the evidence all over Twitter, and even got the Wall Street Journal to cover it. The festival still continued towards disaster. Furthermore, he and other people web-based reporters that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) were told by the Fyre organizers to stop reporting or be prosecuted.
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* TheCassandra: One influencer saw straight away that the festival was a disorganized mess and documented the evidence all over Twitter, and even got the Wall Street Journal to cover it. The festival still continued towards disaster. Furthermore, he and other people web-based reporters that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) were told by the Fyre organizers to stop reporting or be prosecuted.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on. One organizer mentions how he tried to get Billy to pull the plug and come clean about the problems going on behind the scenes, especially when the soon-to-be attendees began pointing out problems with the company's customer service, only for Billy to order his workers to ''delete all negative comments on the related social media posts'' in a vain attempt to cover the whole thing up.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on. One organizer mentions how he tried to get Billy to pull the plug and come clean about the problems going on behind the scenes, especially when the soon-to-be attendees began pointing out problems with the company's customer service, only for Billy to order his workers to ''delete all negative comments on the related social media posts'' in a vain attempt to cover the whole thing up.up, and several reporter bloggers that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) and published on the web were instead told to stop or be prosecuted.
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* TheCassandra: One influencer saw straight away that the festival was a disorganized mess and documented the evidence all over Twitter, and even got the Wall Street Journal to cover it. The festival still continued towards disaster.
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* TheCassandra: One influencer saw straight away that the festival was a disorganized mess and documented the evidence all over Twitter, and even got the Wall Street Journal to cover it. The festival still continued towards disaster. Furthermore, he and other people web-based reporters that obtained factual proof (including going to the Festival's site to record the tents) were told by the Fyre organizers to stop reporting or be prosecuted.
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* BlatantLies: Billy built the entire Fyre Festival on lies, but it's even worse when he pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets for the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
* CassandraTruth: One influencer can tell that the festival is a massive fraud and documents the evidence all over Twitter, and even gets the Wall Street Journal to cover it. Nothing happens, and the festival continues towards disaster.
* CassandraTruth: One influencer can tell that the festival is a massive fraud and documents the evidence all over Twitter, and even gets the Wall Street Journal to cover it. Nothing happens, and the festival continues towards disaster.
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* BlatantLies: Billy built the entire Fyre Festival on lies, but it's even worse when he pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets for the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, Music/TaylorSwift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
*CassandraTruth: TheCassandra: One influencer can tell saw straight away that the festival is was a massive fraud disorganized mess and documents documented the evidence all over Twitter, and even gets got the Wall Street Journal to cover it. Nothing happens, and The festival still continued towards disaster.
* CassandraTruth: When it became increasingly obvious that the festivalcontinues towards disaster.organizers were way in over their heads, several workers tried to convince Billy to pull the plug on the operation. He refused to listen to them until it was too late.
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* DuelingMovies: With Hulu's ''Film/FyreFraud''.
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* DuelingMovies: With Hulu's Creator/{{Hulu}}'s ''Film/FyreFraud''.
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* FromBadToWorse: ''Everything.'' From the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place on becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was once owned by Pablo Escobar; not only was that not the case, but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to ''not'' mention Escobar) up to the fact a rain the night before the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
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* FromBadToWorse: ''Everything.'' From the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place on becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was once owned by Pablo Escobar; not only was that not the case, but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to ''not'' mention Escobar) up to the fact a rain rainstorm the night before the first day of the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on, and that telling him that maybe coming out clean when people started to expose how mismanaged the Festival was like instead of trying to prosecute them ''or gotten rid of all negative comments on the related social media'' as per Billy's orders things would have gone smoothly... equally misheard, hence said orders.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on, on. One organizer mentions how he tried to get Billy to pull the plug and that telling him that maybe coming out come clean about the problems going on behind the scenes, especially when people started to expose how mismanaged the Festival was like instead of trying soon-to-be attendees began pointing out problems with the company's customer service, only for Billy to prosecute them ''or gotten rid of order his workers to ''delete all negative comments on the related social media'' as per Billy's orders things would have gone smoothly... equally misheard, hence said orders.media posts'' in a vain attempt to cover the whole thing up.
* LaughingMad: The organizers went through this when a rainstorm hit the island the night before the festival, ruining the "tent villas" and turning the grounds muddy.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee outright before they can address the disaster, when it becomes clear their lives are in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are demanding pay.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee fled outright before they can could address the disaster, when it becomes became clear their lives are were in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are were demanding pay.payments.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives arrived at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.on, and that telling him that maybe coming out clean when people started to expose how mismanaged the Festival was like instead of trying to prosecute them ''or gotten rid of all negative comments on the related social media'' as per Billy's orders things would have gone smoothly... equally misheard, hence said orders.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not let alone within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* BittersweetEnding: Billy is sent to jail for six years due to his scams and wire fraud, but left some of his employees in debt and royally betrayed everybody who loved and respected him. The patrons who went to Fyre however did win the case that condemned Billy as a scammer.
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* BittersweetEnding: Billy is sent to jail for six years due to his scams and wire fraud, but left some of his employees in debt and royally betrayed everybody who loved and respected him. The patrons who went to Fyre however did win the case that condemned Billy as a scammer.scammer, but they will probably be mocked by people who misunderstand their plight for a long time to come.
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''Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended in failure, organized by entrepreneur Billy [=McFarland=], and rapper Ja Rule.
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''Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened'' is a 2019 Netflix Creator/{{Netflix}} produced documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended in failure, organized by entrepreneur Billy [=McFarland=], and rapper Ja Rule.
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The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''disaster relief tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.
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The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''disaster relief tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.laughingstock.
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* BittersweetEnding: Billy is sent to jail for six years due to his scams and wire fraud, but left some of his employees in debt and royally betrayed anybody who loved and respected him. The patrons who went to Fyre however did win the case that condemned Billy as a scammer.
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* BittersweetEnding: Billy is sent to jail for six years due to his scams and wire fraud, but left some of his employees in debt and royally betrayed anybody everybody who loved and respected him. The patrons who went to Fyre however did win the case that condemned Billy as a scammer.
* IWarnedYou: Many of the interviewees recount how Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when '''''everyone''''', from the organizational contractors, the talent booking agent, all the way down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At one point, Andy King goes to a custom official's office fully prepared to give him a blow job in order to release the event's supply of fresh water. Fortunately, before he does, the official releases it on the grounds that they will be the first ones paid once the event is over.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At one point, Andy King goes to a custom official's office fully prepared to give him a blow job blowjob in order to release the event's supply of fresh water. Fortunately, before he does, the official releases it on the grounds that they will be the first ones paid once the event is over.
* SceneryPorn: Those shots of the tropical Caribbean islands surrounded by clear blue water are ''stunning'', and indeed, the beautiful scenery was one of the selling points of the Festival.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.around.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* ShoddyShindig: The Fyre Festival is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most epic RealLife examples of this trope.
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* FromBadToWorse: Everything from the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place in becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was owned once by Pablo Escobar (not only he wasn't but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to not mention Escobar)) up to the fact a rain the night before the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
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* FromBadToWorse: Everything from ''Everything.'' From the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place in on becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was once owned once by Pablo Escobar (not Escobar; not only he wasn't was that not the case, but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to not ''not'' mention Escobar)) Escobar) up to the fact a rain the night before the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
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* EpicFail: After all is said and done, the Fyre Festival will live forever as a textbook example of immensely crappy event planning and even worse execution.
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* EpicFail: After all is said and done, the Fyre Festival will live forever as a textbook example of immensely crappy event planning and even worse execution. One of the interviewed people even calls it with this exact name.
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* EpicFail: After all is said and done, the Fyre Festival will live forever as a textbook example of immensely crappy event planning and even worse execution.
* FromBadToWorse: Everything from the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place in becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was owned once by Pablo Escobar (not only he wasn't but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to not mention Escobar)) up to the fact a rain the night before the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
* FromBadToWorse: Everything from the island that the Festival was supposed to actually take place in becoming off-limits (thanks to the fact the publicity mentioned the island was owned once by Pablo Escobar (not only he wasn't but the island's current owner explicitly ordered them to not mention Escobar)) up to the fact a rain the night before the festival completely ruined the "villas"... and then it turns out that [=McFarland=] was a scam artist.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.around.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Many interviews make clear that Billy [=McFarland=] just kept insisting on the festival moving forward even when all of the organizational contractors, from artist wrangling down to the caterers, insisted that the whole situation was a mess and that the Festival could not be done at all, and certainly not within the deadline that Billy had insisted on.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee outright before they can address the disaster, when it becomes clear their lives are in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are demanding pay.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee outright before they can address the disaster, when it becomes clear their lives are in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are demanding pay.pay.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: When one of the buses arrives at the festival and the partygoers see exactly what they're in for with the "luxury villas" being disaster relief tents, a girl can be heard begging for the bus to be turned around.
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The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.
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The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''tents,'' ''disaster relief tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At one point, Andy King goes to a custom official's office fully prepared to give him a blow job in order to release the event's supply of fresh water. Fortunately, before he does, the official releases it on the grounds that they will be the first ones paid once the event is over.
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* BlatantLies: Billy built the entire Fyre Festival on lies, but it's even worse when Billy pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets to the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
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* BlatantLies: Billy built the entire Fyre Festival on lies, but it's even worse when Billy he pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets to for the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
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* BlatantLies: Throughout the Fyre disaster, but especially when Billy pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets to the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
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* BlatantLies: Throughout Billy built the entire Fyre disaster, Festival on lies, but especially it's even worse when Billy pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets to the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
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''Fyre'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended in failure, organized by entrepreneur Billy [=McFarland=], and rapper Ja Rule.
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* RefugeInAudacity: No matter how bad things get, Billy [=McFarland=] just keeps going bigger. He's running scams even after being arrested.
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** No matter how bad things get, Billy [=McFarland=] just keeps going bigger. He's running scams even after beingarrested.arrested.
** At one point, the event's water supply was held up in customs, and Billy asked one of his employees to ''give the customs official a blow job'' in order to clear it without paying.
** No matter how bad things get, Billy [=McFarland=] just keeps going bigger. He's running scams even after being
** At one point, the event's water supply was held up in customs, and Billy asked one of his employees to ''give the customs official a blow job'' in order to clear it without paying.
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''Fyre'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended infailure.
failure, organized by entrepreneur Billy [=McFarland=], and rapper Ja Rule.
The festival was meant to promote the new Fyre music booking app, and they hired celebrities and models from Instagram to be part of the promotion, including no less than socialite Kendall Jenner, model Bella Hadid, model and actress Emily Ratajkowski, and others. The advertising promised luxury villas and gourmet meals for all attendants, as well as performances from Music/Blink182, Music/MajorLazer and others.
The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.
[[caption-width-right:350:''"...a couple of powerful models posting an orange tile is what essentially built this entire festival, and then one kid with probably 400 followers posted a picture of cheese on toast that trended, and essentially ripped down the festival."'']]
''Fyre'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended in
The festival was meant to promote the new Fyre music booking app, and they hired celebrities and models from Instagram to be part of the promotion, including no less than socialite Kendall Jenner, model Bella Hadid, model and actress Emily Ratajkowski, and others. The advertising promised luxury villas and gourmet meals for all attendants, as well as performances from Music/Blink182, Music/MajorLazer and others.
The documentary details the long, long series of bad decisions and carelessness on the part of the organizers, mostly [=McFarland=], and the weekend itself, where the luxury villas were ''tents,'' and the gourmet meals were unappetizing, pre-packaged cheese sandwiches. One of these sandwiches was posted to Twitter, went viral, and turned the festival, its organizers, and the attendants, into an internet laughing stock.
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** Billy isn't firing his staff, there's just no more payroll and employment anymore!
** Ja Rule denies that what they did was "fraud," and instead explains "I would call it 'false advertising.
** Billy isn't firing his staff, there's just no more payroll and employment anymore!
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* BlatantLies: Throughout the Fyre disaster, but especially when Billy pulls a second scam selling exclusive tickets to the Met Gala, which famously does not sell tickets, and meet-and-greets with Taylor Swift, who famously does not do meet-and-greets.
* CassandraTruth: One influencer can tell that the festival is a massive fraud and documents the evidence all over Twitter, and even gets the Wall Street Journal to cover it. Nothing happens, and the festival continues towards disaster.
* CassandraTruth: One influencer can tell that the festival is a massive fraud and documents the evidence all over Twitter, and even gets the Wall Street Journal to cover it. Nothing happens, and the festival continues towards disaster.
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* BittersweetEnding: Billy is sent to jail for six years due to his scams and wire fraud, but left some of his employees in debt and royally betrayed anybody who loved and respected him. The patrons who went to Fyre however did win the case that condemned Billy as a scammer.
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* KarmaHoudini: Ja Rule, who barely suffered any consequence aside from becoming a mockery of the internet.
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Billy, who was released on bail but later on sent to jail when he ''proceeded to try to run another scam''.
** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Billy, who was released on bail but later on sent to jail when he ''proceeded to try to run another scam''.
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''Fyre'' is a 2019 Netflix documentary about the infamous Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that ended in failure.
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!!Tropes found in ''Fyre'':
* ConMan: Billy [=McFarland=] is lying about everything, particularly his funding.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: One promoter denies that what they did was "fraud," and instead says "I would call it 'false advertising.'"
* DuelingMovies: With Hulu's ''Film/FyreFraud''.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: The film notes that videos and posts on social media were instrumental in the festival's downfall, particularly a single picture of a bad cheese sandwich.
* RefugeInAudacity: No matter how bad things get, Billy [=McFarland=] just keeps going bigger. He's running scams even after being arrested.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee outright before they can address the disaster, when it becomes clear their lives are in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are demanding pay.
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!!Tropes found in ''Fyre'':
* ConMan: Billy [=McFarland=] is lying about everything, particularly his funding.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: One promoter denies that what they did was "fraud," and instead says "I would call it 'false advertising.'"
* DuelingMovies: With Hulu's ''Film/FyreFraud''.
* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: The film notes that videos and posts on social media were instrumental in the festival's downfall, particularly a single picture of a bad cheese sandwich.
* RefugeInAudacity: No matter how bad things get, Billy [=McFarland=] just keeps going bigger. He's running scams even after being arrested.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many employees flee outright before they can address the disaster, when it becomes clear their lives are in danger from the many stiffed contractors who are demanding pay.
