Banco dei pugni

After watching 2 episodes of "Hardcore Pawn" and noticing that the producer of the show is Richard Dominick, I wasn't surprised. Dominick is/was the producer of the Jerry Springer show, and unless you've been living under a rock, you know what drek that show is.

Others have commented on the curious similarity, or dissimilarity to 'Pawn Stars', if you were hoping for something in the same vein, forget about it. Pawn Stars in a more interesting take on the PBS show 'Antiques Roadshow' and is interesting as well as entertaining. HP is televised ghetto exploitation, I felt like taking a shower after watching it.

It gets 2 stars because the camera operator didn't drop the camera, I'm feeling generous today.

Ashley and Seth are like an immature children. Always bickering.

I'm of Asian descent. My uncle had the only supermarket in Watts, L.A. He had surveillance cameras in every aisle. His family lived in a house right in the middle of Watts. I would go visit him every once in a while and it would be commonplace to hear gunshot fire almost every night. I'd imagine American Jewelery and Loan is in a similar position. As far as I know the people in Watts were thankful to my uncle because it was one of the few places to go to cash their welfare checks and buy food. Hardcore Pawn reminds me of my time spent in Watts with my uncle and cousins. The irate customers on HP are real and hats off to Les Gold and family to be able to deal with it day in and day out. Is the show completely staged? I don't think so. You won't see much interesting merchandise but you'll see a lot of interesting people to people interaction. I only wish the show wouldn't edit the sound so much. More raw realism please.

What is wrong with this person? She seems to be constantly arguing with everyone, pushing her nose into other peoples business, and generally being the most unpleasant person in existence.

Let's put this show in context, it's a reality show. So if you're expecting Jerry Springer meets pawn shop, you're in for a good time!

That's until you see the one person who completely ruined the show. I know you're thinking, "hey didn't you just say, not to take this show too serious and that it's a reality show?"

Yes I did, but then the most annoying, immature, "see you next Tuesday" TV personality I have ever seen on TV, literally made it impossible to watch the show... seriously, I stopped watching mid episode and have not watched another one.

Note to producers: 1) The stars of the show are the pawn business, seeing interesting items, and the freaks that bring them in. 2) Remove Ashley from the show.