The Con

I love all documentaries! As a matter of fact, I fell asleep watching one on a streaming app - but because I have the *continue playing* setting on, "The Con" came on and woke me with Whoopi's animated voice (it was time to get up, so it actually helped!). I love Whoopi - her enthusiasm and passion are motivating! I grew up watching her in movies and comedy shows so maybe my opinion is a little biased. So I kept watching out of curiosity. The facts and perspective provided by people who were actually there brought a bona fide sense of reality, but it was Whoopi's animated narration made it very fun and entertaining - I couldn't wait to watch the other episodes! The other episodes were just as entertaining and fresh! I love these kind of documentaries - crime without the violence. I don't need anymore gory murder crap in my infotainment queue! I hope there are more to be made, but if not, I'm glad I was able to enjoy the ones I watched!

While the show is interesting, Whoopi Goldberg couldn't have been a worse choice to narrate this. First of all, her voice is annoying. It's not for 'radio' so to speak. Second, this is like a true crime documentary series and she attempts to make funny, witty comments throughout. It's not funny. At all! I found myself rolling my eyes during every episode and nearly turning it off. But again, the stories are interesting, some a bit fascinating. But I wanted to watch a true crime doc, not a farse of one. Why on earth the producer of this chose to make a joke of awful things that happened to real people was in such bad taste IMO.

The stories they choose to highlight are fascinating!! I find it amazing that intelligent and educated people still pray victim to these twisted mastermind con artists. And they are artist!! Hopefully with this insight I'll never have to fall victim to these scams. It's just Whoopis rough and scratchy voice just makes me cringe while watching. My husband couldn't stand to watch because of her voice and went into the other room. She is NOT a good voice over choice!! Was Morgan Freeman not available? He would have been 10000000 times better. Anyone would be 10000 better. Another good documentary which was a bit sickening to watch on Hulu is "Stolen Youth - Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawerence" total sick con man.

Love this show. Great content. Whoppi is overly expressive as the narrator in a raspy voice. It over shadows the show. It seems more about her and her vocal vicalinflectionnflection then the story. Keith Morrison got it right in Dateline.

This is a well done series that Kay's out how people have been conned is various ways. It's very insightful and helpful for all of us to learn how seemingly intelligent con-proof people get sucked in. The variety of cons ranges from the well known ones like the college entrance one to ones like the psychics that prey on vulnerable people. The amount of money involved are also mind-boggling. People paying thousands for worthless baubles they have been told will fight curses and defeat evil illustrates the desperation of people being conned. The shows also reveal how the con artists are ultimately brought down, sadly often after the money is gone.