Great, satirical look at how many (all?) MLM companies take advantage of hard-working-but uneducated-upwardly-mobile-striving Americans without other resources. I thought the writing and acting was superb. Dunst is fantastic as a single mom widow determined to get out of the deep financial hole her husband dug for her. I loved the portrayal of the DS FLR (dominance-submissoin female led relationship) with the baby-faced Cody character in the second hand of the first season. To whomever found this unbelievable, she tells us why. She doesn't love him, but she needs him, and that she had been faking it to accomplish her goals. She has a kid and needs help! I totally get this ... remember this is 1992. There's no Match.com for her to easily find another life partner willing to help her raise Destinee. He adores her, which is easy to see why. She's cunning, creative, sexy, determined and fun. I think a lot of women settle for an imperfect relationship so that have help raising children when they find themselves unexpectedly alone.
The title ... well I felt that it finally made sense to me in the final five minutes of the first season. Then think back to how the audience at a rally cheers for the upline top of the pyramid at FAM. After I watched this season I watched a YouTube video of an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that detailed MLM companies and why they are so bad. It's a fantastic watch and I recommend everyone watch it ... in fact if I recommend five people watch it and they each get five people to watch it then it will only take 14 cycles before the whole world has seen it! (And that's why pyramid schemes don't work ... there aren't enough people to put underneath you to pay back everyone who gets onboard when the bottom line is compensation by signing people up and not by selling product.)
I expect the second season to be a hoot and can't wait for it to be released!
The title ... well I felt that it finally made sense to me in the final five minutes of the first season. Then think back to how the audience at a rally cheers for the upline top of the pyramid at FAM. After I watched this season I watched a YouTube video of an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that detailed MLM companies and why they are so bad. It's a fantastic watch and I recommend everyone watch it ... in fact if I recommend five people watch it and they each get five people to watch it then it will only take 14 cycles before the whole world has seen it! (And that's why pyramid schemes don't work ... there aren't enough people to put underneath you to pay back everyone who gets onboard when the bottom line is compensation by signing people up and not by selling product.)
I expect the second season to be a hoot and can't wait for it to be released!