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Netflix's unbelievable Fyre Fest documentary has inspired some wild memes
19 January 2019, 19:59
Netflix premiered 'Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened' and people are blown away by the documentary which chronicles the disastrous brainchild of Billy McFarland and Ja Rule. People have memed their reaction to the documentary.
Netflix's unbelievable new doc, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, chronicles the incredible events that led up to one of 2017's truly bizarre failures: Fyre Festival. The documentary covers the various ways in which the event was mismanaged and viewers have already immortalised the chaos of the documentary with some incredible memes.
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened explains how Billy McFarland, the CEO of Fyre Media, bungled the festival, which was aimed at influencers and exclusive partygoers. The footage depicts the months and weeks leading up to the failed event and paints a chaotic picture that is reinforced by employee and attendee interviews.
People can't seem to get over how wild the whole ordeal was and the memes capture the chaos perfectly.
People were living for the two Fyre Fest docs on Hulu and Netflix shading each other.
Netflix and Hulu released docs mere days apart and people are living for the meta pettiness of the competing films.
The @Hulu Fyre Festival doc openly calls the @netflix Fyre Festival doc evil and I’m here for it.
— Guy Branum (@guybranum) January 15, 2019
Netflix's Fyre Featival doc is Blur, Hulu's Fyre Festival doc is Oasis.
— Steven Hyden (@Steven_Hyden) January 19, 2019
And the drama of The Greatest Party That Never Happened had people on the edge of their seats.
Whew that #FyreFestival documentary pic.twitter.com/rQRJfiXgJL
— 𝓡𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓪 𝓞𝓻𝓪 (@adamkanzen) January 19, 2019
I’m watching the Fyre Festival documentary pic.twitter.com/OQ2USIvJoP
— Joe Gunn (@joegunn) January 19, 2019
#FyreFestival #Netflix images with no context pic.twitter.com/I3RtSJbwS9
— Cole Swanson (@coleswanson_) January 19, 2019
mood #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/9MLDvRwARC
— ㅤㅤㅤً (@tatexsteve) January 18, 2019
Watching the #FyreFestival documentary on Netflix and it's just... un-fucking-believable.
— Maris (@MissMaris21) January 18, 2019
Highlights: rich kids going Lord of the Flies and peeing on beds to keep tents for themselves, Ja Rule saying "It's not fraud, it's... false advertising."
Folks couldn't believe their ears when Andy opened up about what Billy allegedly asked him to do for water.
Andy's story was easily one of the top 5 wildest moments in the film.
Ayooooooo this Fyre Festival Documentary is WILD😭😭😂😂 pic.twitter.com/HbCiJA5Dqf
— DDotOmen.com (@DDotOmenBlog) January 19, 2019
Yo this fyre festival doc is WILD pic.twitter.com/iHPuj60OOK
— evan (@CardiganCats) January 19, 2019
we need Andy from #FyreFestival to go to Flint, Michigan 💦 pic.twitter.com/AsqoZIR1D7
— Sarah Nicole Prickett (@sylvia__north) January 19, 2019
Good morning to only Fyre Festival’s Andy King. pic.twitter.com/BKtoZir9CE
— Shea (@iamsheajenkins) January 19, 2019
I literally havent tweeted since 2017, but I came here just to say THAT DUDE WAS READY TO SUCK DICK TO GET WATER OUT OF CUSTOMS. I thought the story of Fyre Festival couldn't get any better and yet, here we are. #netflix #fyrefestival
— SaraSwearsALot (@SaraSwearsALot) January 18, 2019
Some of the revelations were just too much to handle.
kendall jenner was paid $250k for that one fyre festival post pic.twitter.com/pRLdo5tTR1
— rach (@desperadorem) January 19, 2019
Fyre Employee: "Well, the company just committed fraud."
— AdriannaCherelle (@IAmAdriannaC) January 19, 2019
Ja Rule & Billy: FRAAAAUUUUUUDD?!#FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/Y55bxDxkZ1
The #FyreFestival doc is all I wanted it to be. pic.twitter.com/29cFqoSdEi
— soul_of_twit (@soul_of_twit) January 18, 2019
Besides all the memes, people were heartbroken over the story of Maryann Rolle.
The restaurant owner revealed in the doc that she'd had to give up her savings to ensure the people who had worked to prepare food for the festival were paid what they were owed. Maryann opened up about how she'd lost $50,000 of her life savings in the entire fiasco and people were heartbroken for her.
People have been asking how to help Maryann Rolle, who was negatively impacted by #FyreFestival ... here is the link if anyone wants to contribute ! 🇧🇸 https://t.co/7pP78C6Sca#FyreFraud #fyre pic.twitter.com/YBtp0SAZ1F
— Caro (@notcarorubido) January 19, 2019
Thankfully, people who watched the documentary have been giving to her GoFundMe page which now has over $50,000 in donations.
