I’d be glad to write that instead. Let me know which direction would be useful.

Finally, Even the train-wreck docs have a strange allure. Watching Fyre Fraud makes us think, “I could never be that evil, but wow, I wish I had that confidence.” The entertainment industry is the last secular priesthood—and we love watching the priests fight over the collection plate.

The contemporary entertainment documentary operates on a specific three-act structure, regardless of its subject.