this documentary is INCREDIBLE - i can’t recommend it enough. billy mcfarland reeks of privilege and i was completely appalled and blown away by his blasé attitude to literally committing several counts of white collar crime - living in the lap of luxury in a penthouse suite after being released on $300,000 bail? after scamming bahamians out of $250,000 worth of unpaid manual labour? after setting up a brand new scam targeting victims who’ve already lost thousands of dollars to this catastrophe? after endangering lives through both the lack of adequate shelter and water for guests and the awful working conditions for the employees? and laughing and joking all the way through it like destroying financial livelihoods is nothing. this documentary has got me so riled up and disgusted which is a sign of a very well-made doc!!! my one criticism would be that i’d have much preferred a criminological critique at the end rather than the spiel about social media being a ~facade~ which we all already know. i think it would’ve been awesome to have instead looked at stats for how many people get away with this sort of thing, for how he got 6 years (6 years!) when some people are put away for triple that for dealing freaking marijuana, if the bahamians ever got that money, etc. - cause people love to say that white collar crimes are victimless crimes but somebody, somewhere is working for nothing. overall a fantastic doc providing many genuine wtf moments but lacking a commentary on race/class/wealth and privilege