The concept of fiasco , which comes from the Italian language, refers to frustration or misfortune . The term is usually associated with disappointment or failure .
For example: “The show was a fiasco since the singer was only on stage for half an hour,” “I think this real estate project will be a fiasco,” “The participation of the Spanish group in the tournament was a fiasco: it did not win a single match, tied two and lost four.”
Starting from its meaning we can state that among the main synonyms of fiasco are terms such as disappointment, disappointment, disillusionment, setback or even bankruptcy. On the contrary, among its antonyms are words such as success, illusion, fortune, triumph...
Generally, an event is classified as a fiasco when it does not meet the expectations it had generated. If people expect something that is not produced or achieved, it is possible to speak of a fiasco.
Suppose an international singer arrives in a country for the first time. His fans, who have dreamed of this visit for years, sell out his show in a matter of minutes. The concert, however, ends up being a fiasco : the artist plays backup and the show lasts less than an hour. The public, in this context, leaves the stadium disappointed.
In the same way, it is very common for this term to be used within the sports field when a team fails to achieve the goals that its followers expect. So, for example, we can say that the 2018-2019 season was a real fiasco for Real Madrid fans because at the first opportunity the team was left with no options to obtain any title. And they fell in the Copa del Rey, in the Champions League and even in the League.
A married couple, on the other hand, experiences a fiasco when they go to a luxurious restaurant to celebrate their anniversary. Despite paying a fortune, the food is not only tasteless , but diners even find an insect on one of the dishes. Furthermore, the attention of the establishment leaves a lot to be desired. That's why the couple's dream night ends in a fiasco.
Likewise, in the world of cinema the word fiasco is used to refer to films that, due to their story or their actors and even the budget they had behind them, were destined to become great hits at the box office and that later fail to achieve that triumph. .
Specifically, we can establish that among the films that are considered the most flops in history are some such as “The Lone Ranger” (2013), in which more than 425 million dollars were invested and only managed to raise 260 million, or “ The Island of Severed Heads” (1995), which cost 115 million dollars to make and only made 18.5 million dollars worldwide at the box office.
Other film fiascos are “John Carter” (2012), “The Fall of the Roman Empire” (1964) or “Sahara” (2005).
“Fiasco” , finally, is the title of a novel by Polish Stanisław Lem that was released in 1987 and the name of an American rock band.