![]() That was something that we continued to speak about editorially. How did you figure out the tone to strike in this series?ĭay: I think from the very beginning, it's about making sure that both the victim and the con artist or master of deception is being represented. I think when it comes to stories about scam artists, sometimes we want the scammer to succeed, right? Kind of like " Catch Me If You Can." Other times, though, you want them to get their comeuppance. Well, this leads into something that I was really curious about. Some were psychological or even sexaul and we wanted to really represent all that. Some stories were about an emotional toll, like a love fraud or relationship fraud. ![]() Motskin: We also wanted diversity - diversity of people, of gender and ideally, a diversity of consequences, right? Like, some stories were about big money. ![]() I think Ian Bick we found out about from Syed Arbab because they actually knew each other. There was definitely a lot of research that went into it and then a little bit of word-of-mouth. That was one of the things, too, so that we could make each episode distinct musically and visually. We also wanted new stories or lesser-known stories that we thought were really interesting, hoping that people would watch them and be like, "Wow, I've never heard of this, but it's incredible." So that mix of both buzzy and lesser-known was exciting to us.Īngie Day: I think we also wanted episodes that represented specific "worlds." So, the world of EDM, the world of college, the world of travel. So, very recent - and we wanted a mix of some well-known stories that would excite people that we could tell in a different, fresh way. We wanted to focus on young people and on things that happened in the last five to 10 years. Our filter was con artists who are pulling off big scams. How did you go about finding and choosing the stories you featured? Some of these stories I was somewhat familiar with - like the WeWork and Anna Delvey scandals, for instance - but most of the episodes contained cons with which I was totally unfamiliar. However, many of the stories are fresh and truly surprising they take place everywhere from a University of Georgia frat house, to a Jakarta photoshoot, to an EDM nightclub.Ĭo-creator Yon Motskin and showrunner Angie Day spoke with Salon about getting scammed by one of their own subjects, what they think all con artists have in common and the possibility of continuing the series for more seasons. Some of the stories will be familiar to viewers, like the rise and fall of the coworking concept WeWork, which just got its own Hulu documentary earlier this month. In a world where we're told to fake it until we make it, where does the hustle stop and the con begin? That's one of the main questions interrogated in HBO Max's "Generation Hustle," a new, 10-episode series about the con artists, scammers and schemers who walk among us.
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