Total Forgiveness

A bizarre, hilarious, awkward and sometimes truly upsetting piece of television. Watching the two participants absolutely embarrass themselves is always either completely amazing or horribly sad, and in both cases it always makes for a great show. Imagine if prank wars was real and for money, and you basically have what this show is. It's super funny, and definitely worth the watch.

I watched clips of this on YouTube and it was hard to justify getting a subscription to DROPOUT, but after watching the first episode I was pretty interested. The premise leaves so much space for chaos I was genuinely curious to see what happened when you take a bunch of the funniest people on the internet and then give them the ability to gain wealth by messing with their friends, it seemed like an opportunity for shenanigans. After watching this series I thought it was hilarious way to highlight student debt and its effects. There are moments where I felt genuinely uncomfortable watching it, which doesn't sound like a positive but it reminded me of the awkwardness I felt while watching Peep Show (also great). As a person who does not like most reality shows, I was shocked how much I enjoyed watching two likable people try to mess with each other's lives.

I came into the show as a fan of Ally in dimension 20 And Total forgiveness is truely one of the best shows I've watched and I cant recommend it enough. Ally and Grant are so incredibly funny!

College debt is a huge problem. It's bad for millennials and it's worse for Gen Z. State/Fed funding for public colleges is continuing to drop and that puts an increasing burden on students who will, for potentially decades, be continuing to pay it off even if they have good jobs in the career field they studied for. This show casts light on the problem and does it in a way that is both contemporaneous, appealing and appropriate for our time and the Dropout: brand. The quality of the production really does lend itself to a higher end mainstream outlet like HBO and any other streaming provider should have jumped at this opportunity. Congrats to Dropout: and Ally & Grant.

If you didn't realize, the protagonists of this show present a fake reality about college loans. There is no possibility that two very famous critical writers/actors have student loans while they don't even pursue a career nor do they have a small income.