Reality Pawns: The New Money TV Analysis

To begin with, Nick Serpe’s article, “Reality Pawns: The New Money TV,” criticizes reality TV, which targets the lower class, and broadcasts the show so people can use it as a form of entertainment. Serpe describes, “Tom is going to repo her car, but if she can answer three of five trivia question right, the car will be hers,” (Serpe 268). By this statement, it demonstrates that the, trivia question, determines if a person will get their own property back. This means that these games are not really looking at the individual on what the car means to them, they are just looking at what kind of money they are getting after the broadcast. For instance, the contestant might use the car as a means of income to the family. Serpe shows, “The tow rig