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Perhaps an opportunity for HBO to step in and make the canonical Frye Festival documentary.

by Reedx 8y ago

simplicio 8y ago
Or to step in and make a documentary about the making of the dueling documentaries.
- sodosopa 8y ago
  Three words: Silicon Valley, Bachanalia
danso 8y ago
There's enough material in both documents that a trim and merge of both would feel very comprehensive. My main complaint with both documentaries is that I would've liked to see more footage/interviews -- basically, more of a tick-tock recounting -- about the feeling of impending doom in the days, hours, minutes before the festival's date drew nearer and nearer. I've had some horrible all-nighters before deadlines in my life, but not on the scale of having just 48 hours to find food, housing, bathrooms, security, etc. for thousands of fans flying into a remote island.
- baby 8y ago
  Watch "7 days out" on Netflix, it's exactly this but for the opening of a restaurant (at least on ep1). It's stressful as fuck.
- mr337 8y ago
  Agreed. A lot of the docs focus on the upper management and having to deal with the issues at a high level. I feel like a lot of the in person horror of overnight was fully missed.
- mayneack 8y ago
  I disagree. I'd consume several more hours of new Fyre content if it were available. If they've got more footage and people. Bring it on.
rchaud 8y ago
Fyre Festival is the kind of doc that is time-sensitive; people are watching it because it's good conversation fodder, not because it's an important topic to discuss in our modern society. Also a good way for Hulu to try to get some more brand recognition in the streaming wars. If HBO came out with one 3 months from now, who would care? The news cycle would have moved on.
- umanwizard 8y ago
  The actual festival happened (or rather, failed to happen) nearly two years ago.
mprev 8y ago
Or perhaps they make a documentary about something more important/interesting rather than rehashing this one story.

Perhaps an opportunity for HBO to step in and make the canonical Frye Festival documentary.

by Reedx 8y ago

Perhaps an opportunity for HBO to step in and make the canonical Frye Festival documentary.

simplicio 8y ago

Or to step in and make a documentary about the making of the dueling documentaries.

sodosopa 8y ago
Three words: Silicon Valley, Bachanalia

danso 8y ago

There's enough material in both documents that a trim and merge of both would feel very comprehensive. My main complaint with both documentaries is that I would've liked to see more footage/interviews -- basically, more of a tick-tock recounting -- about the feeling of impending doom in the days, hours, minutes before the festival's date drew nearer and nearer. I've had some horrible all-nighters before deadlines in my life, but not on the scale of having just 48 hours to find food, housing, bathrooms, security, etc. for thousands of fans flying into a remote island.

baby 8y ago
Watch "7 days out" on Netflix, it's exactly this but for the opening of a restaurant (at least on ep1). It's stressful as fuck.
mr337 8y ago
Agreed. A lot of the docs focus on the upper management and having to deal with the issues at a high level. I feel like a lot of the in person horror of overnight was fully missed.
mayneack 8y ago
I disagree. I'd consume several more hours of new Fyre content if it were available. If they've got more footage and people. Bring it on.

rchaud 8y ago

Fyre Festival is the kind of doc that is time-sensitive; people are watching it because it's good conversation fodder, not because it's an important topic to discuss in our modern society. Also a good way for Hulu to try to get some more brand recognition in the streaming wars. If HBO came out with one 3 months from now, who would care? The news cycle would have moved on.

umanwizard 8y ago
The actual festival happened (or rather, failed to happen) nearly two years ago.

mprev 8y ago

Or perhaps they make a documentary about something more important/interesting rather than rehashing this one story.