About a month ago, I published an extra-sarcastic review of the new OKC-based reality show Street Outlaws. In it, we made fun of the show's obvious staged scenes, scripted drama and boring characters....errrr...I mean real-life street racing, cop dodging, good ole' boys from Oklahoma City.
Since I hit the publish button, we've been hit with a lot of mean comments and emails from fans of the show. This is due to three reasons:
1. The show is popular and getting good ratings. It was the #2 cable program (excluding sports) among Men 25-54, Men 18-49 and Meth Dealers 18-65 on Monday, July 1. The only show that topped it was another racing show called Fast N' Loud. Idiocracy is real, folks.
2. We appear to be the only notable blog or website to have published a review. Seriously, we're the only ones. In fact, if you Google "Street Outlaws" we're a front page result. I guess we're now the AV Club of shitty reality shows. That's as cool as wearing a helmet while street racing.
3. We're getting a lot of visits from people who are unfamiliar with our style of content. I'll admit the review was more pointed and sarcastic than usual, but that's what we do. We go out of our way to be flippant, snarky and irreverent, and it's all generally done in a poor attempt at humor and satire. This was lost on a bunch of the Street Outlaws fans. When they hear "tongue in cheek," they think of their uncle who didn't dip or chew tobacco. Basically, they took everything way too seriously.
Anyway, I thought I'd share some of the better angry emails and unapproved comments people sent our way. By "better," I mean the ones that are stereotypically reflective of the average Street Outlaws viewer. They're all [sic]. Let's race through them like we're at an undisclosed public road / airport with police supervision: