Online dating apps like Tinder have changed the way people date, as it allows singles to connect with others in the area from their phones, but it has also created a platform where fraud can thrive. "The Tinder Swindler", based on the VG article of the same name, tells the story of the victims of Simon Hayut,... Continue Reading →
The prime of Dana Carvey came long before my time, as the only thing I really knew about him before watching 2017's "Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show" was that he was popular on "Saturday Night LIve", and his film career came crashing down with 2002's critical bomb... Continue Reading →
"Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened" is a 2019 Netflix documentary that documents the 2017 Fyre Festival debacle, directed by Chris Smith, which in my opinion, presents a much stronger narrative than Hulu's "Fyre Fraud," which explored the same subject matter, but through a different lens and with its own exclusive interviews. Here's my... Continue Reading →
What happens when you build media buzz based on a product that doesn't exist? You might see something akin to 2017's Fyre Festival debacle, in which shady businessman Billy MacFarland conned people into buying tickets to a festival that never fully materialized, driven by a delusional "we'll figure it out later" mentality that saw him... Continue Reading →
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