Can We Talk About 'From G's to Gents'?

This show. Is. Ridiculous.

PLEASE can we talk about this?
Based on the 6 minutes I have gotten through so far, I think this is what happens on From G's to Gents.

Puff Daddy's former chaueffer bosses around guys from the hood who are desperate to make $100 grand for acting well behaved on national television. These alleged "gangsters" battle to become true gentlemen, avoiding the traps set for them by MTV and struggle to overcome the economic and social disadvantages of their lives thus far. Because MTV told them to.

Is it just me, or does something about this just seem.... horribly wrong?

Where Mo' At, Yo?
Now 13 minutes in, I think From G's to Gents is supposed to be the male answer to Charm School. Holla! Charm School was my JAM. But 80% of that was straight up Mo'nique. MO!!! HEEEEEY!!!!


What are you, frontin?
I will admit, I just read ALL of these cast bios. It took me 7 minutes, now 21 minutes into this episode. Due to the rampant overuse of the term "hustling" and the lack of specific gang affiliations, combined with the fact that I see no one flagging blood or crip on my DVR, I am really having a hard time believing the premise of this show. I want... to see some gang graffiti. I want... a crip walk battle. I want... at least one cast member shanked by the next commercial break.


Tell me, what have I missed this season?
Since all of these chumps have ridiculous names, like on I LOVE NEW YORK and FLAVOR OF LOVE, I can only dream about the sequence of events that lead to their tv names. Yes, I am hoping that at least some of these dudes, like E6, The Truth, and D-Boy, aren't using the names on their birth certificates, but now that I just wrote all of this out... maybe there was no ridiculous naming ceremony. Maybe it was just like "Hey, I'm Fonzworth Bentley and I am totally absurd. I made up MY name so why don't you guys just go ahead and make up YOUR names. Everybody know how to find their stripper name? Take your mother's maiden name..."

Ok. 40 minutes in. Not a single person has been stabbed, and truthfully, I am bored. B-O-R-E-D. They are arguing about why you should spit on someone's bed, and why tattling, and lying about it later are also wrong. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH someone please get naked and start a bar fight. For the love of reality television!

Is this...how we settle our beefs on the street?
Um. What? This elimination... is sort of like... group therapy? You get a chance to put black balls in other people's ant farm looking holders... and then Fonzworth Bentley makes you talk it out? I... huh.

The truly confusing part about this show is that apparently some of these contestants aren't hot enough messes to stay. Dear MTV. Is not "needing" this competition as much as other thugs really grounds for elimination? Is that not what casting, and the subsequent casting specials, are for?

Show Stats
Drive By Shootings: 0
Cosby Sweaters on Fonzworth Bentley: 3
Minutes getbackinthenews was entertained: 0