The good and bad qualities of "Side Hustle"

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Bad Qualities

1. To start off, this show was made mostly to cash in on the fame of Jayden Bartels and Annie LeBlanc, who previously starred in Group Chat.

2. Writing can be poor at times to the point where most of the jobs provided are too generic, unrealistic, or inhumane to even happen in real life.

3. Somewhat poor characterizations:

• Lex and Presley (while having unique personalities to one another) can display Mary Sue qualities as they manage to find ways to still obtain money each week despite messing up in their jobs.
  
• Munchy (while also having a unique personality) is too quirky to the point where he ends up being too obnoxious and unhelpful, when he could have been a more likable and helpful character instead. Speaking of him, what kind of name is Munchtopher*?*
  
• Fisher is the generic tech-savvy character with no character otherwise, who also has a stalker-like crush on Lex.
  
• Jaget is a sub-par antagonist who serves for unfunny comic relief and usually pops up out of nowhere as well.

4. Acting can be laughable sometimes

5. The laugh track is overused in the early episodes of the show, with it being played after almost every other line.

6. The protagonists ends up doing more harm than good in the jobs, yet end up getting away with their payments with no consequences.

7. For instance, despite nearly ruining a clothing store manager's plans in "Start Hustling", they manage to get away scot-free by extorting the manager into giving them the money. This makes the protagonists hard to root for.

8. Tries hard to be hip and current. For example, the Walrus Dance Scene in the “Yard Sale” episode.

9. The theme song, while good, is extremely short (lasts hardly 20 seconds) and only credits Jules LeBlanc and Jayden Bartels. What about the rest of the cast? Note: The rest of the cast also appear in the theme song, they just aren’t credited.

10. A lot of the humor involves characters screaming or messing up on simple tasks.

11. The stage set-up and props can sometimes be cheap and unappealing.

- For instance, in "Vitamin D-isaster," after finding out the results of the vegetable vitamin was working, lots of fake food can be found on the ground.

12. Much like Sam&Cat, Lex, Presley, and Munchy often times engage in illegal actions in order to obtain their paycheck, and these actions are never commented on by anyone else.

13. False advertising: Promos claiming that it's your favorite show.

14. This show has pretty bad morals, such as:

• Lying
  
• Bribery
  
• Extortion
  
• Stealing
  
• Hacking
  
• Manipulation
  
• Bullying
  
• Trickery
  
• Not using common sense

Good Qualities

1. The show has an extremely creative concept of having someone work for another no matter of condition, although said flaws stated above make the execution rather poor.
   
2. There are many good and funny moments in the series.
   
3. The new episodes are a big improvement.
   
4. The theme song, while short, is incredibly catchy.
   
5. The music in this show is extremely good. Especially “Be Like You.” The “I told you so” song in “Extra Crunchy” is extremely hilarious.
   
6. Fisher, while generic, is pretty tolerable.
   
7. Excellent episodes like "Mouth Noise", "Room for Munchy", "Friendiversary", and "Karaoke Kickoff".
   
8. Fisher's crush on Lex is actually hilarious at times.
   
9. Sometimes the humor relies on actual jokes, and not just characters messing up in jobs.
   
10. Terry Crews (father of Isaiah Crews, who plays Munchy and is an extremely famous actor) guest starred as Munchy’s “Uncle Nedward” in the episode called “Uncle Nedward.”
    
11. The show does have some cheap props but not all the props are cheap and many are just as real as other shows.