{"id":15789,"date":"2011-09-11T00:31:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T04:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=15789"},"modified":"2011-09-11T00:31:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T04:31:01","slug":"repo-games-tv-show-review-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=15789","title":{"rendered":"REPO GAMES \u2013 TV Show Review & News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Siri Karri<\/strong><\/p>\n

So I finally got some time on my day off from work to catch up on TV shows . . . naturally I came across a TV show called \u201cRepo Games\u201d. After watching the DVR\u2019d show, I went onto Spiketv.com and watched every episode.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to offer the disclaimer that while I am a huge cynic, I am going to review this show assuming it is unscripted (it\u2019s a reality show).<\/p>\n

Tom and Josh are two charismatic \u201cRepo Men\u201d whose build suggests they were stunt doubles for the Terminator movies. They go around offering people whose cars are about to be repossessed a chance to pay off their cars by answering 3\/5 trivia questions correctly. Answer 3 wrong, and the car is taken away. I won\u2019t lie, it\u2019s entertaining to watch the bottom 10% of America\u2019s intelligence quotient answer simple questions wrong and lose their vehicle.<\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019m a dick. Sue me.<\/p>\n

Assuming this is a true reality show . . . there\u2019s some things that really do bother me.
\nThe pettiest of these claims is how these contestants are selected. There are many urban professionals who, due to the tanking economy, are unable to pay their car loans and have them repossessed. The overwhelming majority of the people featured on Repo Games, however, are either country bumpkins or poor blacks living in the ghetto. Unfortunately, both these groups provide the best \u201centertainment\u201d so I can understand singling them out for the show.<\/p>\n

The second is that the questions seem to be easier for the \u201cgood\u201d people; single hardworking mothers, big families and a couple about to get married are fed soft questions at times. If this is a show that\u2019s truly about helping people who are having a hard time get back on their feet, shouldn\u2019t it be indiscriminate?<\/p>\n

The SERIOUS problem with this show is that it backs people into a corner. Most reality TV show contestants are there by choice; people on the Apprentice or MTV garbage apply to be on the show. If Repo Games is true . . . then people who \u201capplied\u201d only by falling behind on car payments. One day, they are simply confronted by a TV crew who give them a simple choice: be on camera and compete in their trivia show or have their car repossessed.<\/p>\n

Some of these people are idiotic. I\u2019m not throwing that out there like a middle school kid insulting his friend . . . I\u2019m saying some of these people seriously have to have mental defects to be this stupid.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always joked around that TV is \u201cthe one place where the mentally handicapped can find gainful employment\u201d . . . but people at least choose to be on TV. These people are essentially forced to be filmed for a chance to keep their cars . . . and many of the losers are humiliated on television.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t to say I disliked this show; I loved it. It\u2019s quick (only 22 minutes), it\u2019s got an interesting premise and I\u2019ll be damned if I didn\u2019t laugh at the unfortunate contestants. Hell, I\u2019m watching an episode right now where a thug\/hustler is attempting to pay Josh $500 in cash to go away.<\/p>\n

But after it\u2019s all said and done . . . maybe Repo Games has crossed a line.<\/p>\n

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