Repetitive and fake

rmmil

First of all, I have to admit I was originally a huge fan of this show and Marcus, but the more I watched this, the worse it became.

I loved the original premise, and I've seen nearly every episode, but after many viewings I can wholeheartedly say Marcus is a conman / showman / jerk.

I heard the various claims by previous individuals who had been on The Profit and were sour about the experience and thought they were just poor losers. Marcus decided to back out and they wanted to get back at him.

But then I really listened to their claims, and they are mostly that he's all show, and a predator who preys on businesses down on their luck, not a working man's hero as the show portrays him.

I can't say I disagree with them.

Also, for being such a wonderful businessman, if you really look into Marcus' life story, he basically fell backwards into wealth from a young age due to his familial ties. He isn't the "self-made" successful person that those kinds of people always make themselves out to be.

Every single episode is so repetitive. Marcus seems friendly. Then he picks his "whipping boy of the week" and then incessantly hounds one person and really gives them hell. Every episode. Look for it. Always a specific whipping boy. And the offers themselves are so bad that you can tell these people are truly desperate to accept them. "Mr business owner, for your business that you built over 30  years, I'm giving you 300k, about 1/10th your businesses' value, for 50% of your future business, essentially making you my employee for life."

Such a "hero".

Also, about 30-50% of the episodes on this show are "progress reports" or looking back on older episodes with a random producer, so in seasons 5  there are very few "new" episodes anyway.

The show can be entertaining at times, but I just can't like a show run by a fundamentally bad person.

score 2/10

rmmil 1 September 2020

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