A Moment Of Truth
Posted by: tony on 02/27/2008 04:04 AM
Updated by: tony on 02/27/2008 04:04 AM
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Expires: 03/29/2008 12:00 AM
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Adoro te Devote has discovered the game show "Moment of Truth". This is a show where the contestant is hooked up to a lie detector, and is asked questions about themselves. A certain number of true answers advances you to the next level of money. As you "advance", the questions get more personal and intimate. You have an opportunity to win a million dollars.
Adoro writes:
Tonight I watched the show, "Moment of Truth". When I first heard the premise of this show, I wondered how far we as a society have descended...to hear and watch the reality of the deepest, darkest secrets of others.
But I watched it tonight, in a sort of horror that made me want to look away...but I couldn't. Because I was the person in the hot seat.
Not because what she was confessing was what I would confess or what I lived, but rather, because I realize the "contestant" is a reflection of us all. I could not condemn her, because I AM her. We all are.
I was on a business trip in NYC and was in the hotel room watching the TV when the show came on. I was curious about it, and watched. Like Adoro, I became horrified as I watched it, and the man with a big goofy grin on his face admitting sending flirtatious text messages to a woman not his fiancee. The camera panned to the hurt look on her face as he admitted to this. It hurt me to watch it. The man admitting he stole tips from his fellow waiters, did things in the marines he was ashamed of and admitting to other things that might, in the future ruin his relationships with his friends and family, and possibly damage his chances of future employment.
He had one question to go until he made the $1000 level and locked in that amount. The question was: "You used to be an underwear model. During your stint, did you ever stuff your underwear". He answered: "No", and the sexy female voice of the lie detector said: "that answer is FALSE".
So he got nothing. He could admit to "cellular infidelity", stealing, and a host of other things, but not that he faked the size of his Johnson in an underwear ad.
Pitiful. It was the only question that he was asked that really didn't matter to anyone but his ego.
I will never watch this show again. I have decided that the premise is evil. I wouldn't go on that show for a million dollars.
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