A recent USA Today article discussing the potential of convicted felon Billy McFarland attempting to create a second Fyre Festival featured WVU Communication Studies Faculty Member Dr. Elizabeth Cohen, where she offered some insights as to why this may happen:

"Social media watched the festival's disaster happen in real time: the gross meals were going viral, people tweeted about the lack of bathrooms and more. 

The festival was such a colossal failure that it ultimately led to two juicy Netflix and Hulu documentaries that detailed the behind-the scenes scheme. Viewers ate it up.

That's because some people find pleasure in watching the moments that remind us that the wealthy "really don't have it all," Elizabeth Cohen, an associate professor at West Virginia University who researches psychology of media and pop culture, previously told USA TODAY. "And maybe they don't even necessarily deserve it all."

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