Is 'Operation Repo' Fake or Real? - I feel so cheated.
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:01 amI guess the more important question is" "is anything real anymore?" Operation Repo is one of my favortiest late night shows. Often it puts me to bed after a hard day at school. The disclaimer suggest Operation Repo is a re-enacted television show produced by actors, and none of the pseudo drama is technically real. It's a "story" of events that may have happened if you're so inclined to believe the producers- at some time in the past. These stories are dramatized to make them bigger, and more entertaining. Begging the question, "how much of the reality is left at the end of all this?"
That's it... That's effing it... I'm calling Time Warner tomorrow and cancelling cable, and the I'm giving up on American television. What's the effing point anymore?
What really gets me is not that Operation Repo is real or fake, but that its being viewed on Tru-TV, a reality TV show network. Call it good entertainment, but lets not question my intelligence here. What a cruel joke on this world?
So where's the proof that Operation Repo is faked? Well the lead actor, Luis Pizarro is an acto and comedianr:
...but it gets complicated, apparently after being down on his luck he did take a repo job earlier in life, which then sparked his idea for Operacion Repo (the Spanish version of show) which he managed to create a pilot for by ACTING it out with his family using money from his church. As luck would have it, a Spanish TV network bought it.... and the little "Blair Witch Repo Man" show got its start.
Then it came to America, and they tried to pull a fast one on us. What seemed like a hispanic family living in Los Angeles with bad hair and small moons orbiting their waist became quickly a huge joke on American intelligence. Eventually the network concerned with their liability in false advertising began sometime in the shows later seasons to disclaim the show was not "real".
With the cat out of the bag, the final nail in the coffin is this:
Is Operation Repo Fake? Yes.
One day I'm going to live in a country where the whole darn thing isn't backwards. Where reality tv is really real, and health-care is a good thing.
The stories that are portrayed in this program are based on real events. The names of the characters were changed in order to protect their identities . . . and some honor.
That's it... That's effing it... I'm calling Time Warner tomorrow and cancelling cable, and the I'm giving up on American television. What's the effing point anymore?
What really gets me is not that Operation Repo is real or fake, but that its being viewed on Tru-TV, a reality TV show network. Call it good entertainment, but lets not question my intelligence here. What a cruel joke on this world?
So where's the proof that Operation Repo is faked? Well the lead actor, Luis Pizarro is an acto and comedianr:
Luis Pizarro, an actor and producer who was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents.
He received a call years ago from some reporters with Telemundo, the country’s No. 2 Spanish-language television network, for a special series on a day in the life of a repo man.
“All my life I was inspired by ‘The A-Team,’ and all my creations have something of ‘The A-Team,’” Pizarro told Efe.
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...but it gets complicated, apparently after being down on his luck he did take a repo job earlier in life, which then sparked his idea for Operacion Repo (the Spanish version of show) which he managed to create a pilot for by ACTING it out with his family using money from his church. As luck would have it, a Spanish TV network bought it.... and the little "Blair Witch Repo Man" show got its start.
It became one of the highest rated shows on Telemundo’s Channel 22 in Los Angeles, prompting the creation of a English-language version of the program that was acquired by truTV.
Then it came to America, and they tried to pull a fast one on us. What seemed like a hispanic family living in Los Angeles with bad hair and small moons orbiting their waist became quickly a huge joke on American intelligence. Eventually the network concerned with their liability in false advertising began sometime in the shows later seasons to disclaim the show was not "real".
“I think the characters are the secret of our success. Pizarro – who says the show is entertainment and nothing else – recreates by using actors “
With the cat out of the bag, the final nail in the coffin is this:
Besides “Operation Repo” for truTV, he produces three shows for Spanish-language television: a tattoo-centered program called “Dame Tinta” (Give me ink); a show featuring free-lance reporters, “Cazadores de la Noticia” (Newshunters); and a bounty-hunter feature, “Fugitivos de la Ley” (Fugitives from the law).
Pizarro says his dream is he wants to take the lucrative step of having his famous show internationally syndicated, meaning “Operation Repo” would be seen “in all parts of the world.”
Is Operation Repo Fake? Yes.
One day I'm going to live in a country where the whole darn thing isn't backwards. Where reality tv is really real, and health-care is a good thing.