The Moment of Truth
March 06, 2008 · Filed under: Thoughts.
Usually I don’t talk about television shows because nowadays they either a) completely suck, b) aren’t interesting/controversial enough to talk about, or c) don’t make for a good blog entry. But this particular show, The Moment of Truth, is another story. This show makes me want to throw things, punch babies, and repeatedly stab things. So yeah, I don’t watch it.
For those of you who’ve never seen or heard about this show here are some clips so that you can get the gist of the show. Basically, you have a contestant sitting on a chair strapped to a lie detector test, some family members/close friends sitting in the front row to watch the entire thing, cameras focused on pretty much everything, and a soft-spoken wanna-be psychologist/host that asks questions such as:
“Have you ever cheated on your husband/wife?”
“Do you regret having children?”
“Are you still in love with your ex?”
“Do you really care about the children in Africa?”
“Why did you come on this show for money, when whoring yourself out in some street corner is just as good?”
The last one is mine, but you get the idea. Some of the questions are very specific: it’s as if the show producers looked into every contestant’s past, relationships, family history, etc. The contestants then must tell the truth in order to continue getting money. Sounds like a riveting hour on television, no? Well not for me. I don’t know what part of this show bothers me the most—whether it’s the fact that some people have ruined their marriages as a result of some of the questions, or how ridiculous it is that people would actually sit in front of an audience and the world and admit/express their darkest secrets for money, or that despite all of this, most Americans can’t get enough of this show. And it seems that every week they try to push more buttons, add more ridiculous questions, and probe the contestants further with more “controversial” questions. Last night some lady broke down from some of the questions, and that clip was used to entice America to watch the week before.
If you want to make money, have some fucking dignity about it. Spare your family and friends the embarassment this show obviously will bring them. Not to mention, your character, reputation, and/or relationship(s) is on the line. When it comes to reality television, there are no rules, it seems. It’s now considered good entertainment to watch a person squirm, break down, and disappoint their closest family and friends, all for some cash. And it’s even more sickening to me that the show is almost #1 every week, and America tunes in to watch this entire situation go down. I’m over it.