![]() ![]() According to a statement by Mike Darnell, the president of alternative entertainment at FOX (this show is like, so indie), the majority of contestants don’t claim that the machine is wrong, but rather explain, “Hmm, I was a little worried when I answered that question.” It is perhaps important to add that the contestants are required to sign an agreement stating that they will accept all results provided by the polygraph examiner. ![]() But no one has yet questioned the validity of the polygraph test. No one ever gets to the sixth tier of questions (with the $500,000 prize, which FOX is saving to spend on its acquisition of the Middle East or something). The most hilarious aspect of this show is that it is almost definitely rigged. A booming voice either proclaims “true” or “false” to the contestants’ responses, determining whether they will win more prize money. Oblivious to the results, the contestants then go on the show and answer twenty-one of the highly personal questions again, this time in front of their family and friends (as well as a raucous live audience, last seen in the movie “Gladiator,” thirsting for blood). Aired by the FOX network (obviously), the contestants are hooked up to a polygraph before the show even begins and are asked a series of questions. Perhaps I should backtrack and explain exactly what this game show entails. Walberg (not to be confused with Mark Wahlberg of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) asks if you want to answer a question so sordid and embarrassing that it will ruin your life, while putting another hundred grand or so in your pocket, you should say no, or stoically deal with your spouse weeping and your mother fanning herself with her hanky while the crowd cheers. This show does what YouTube did for all of those tweenage girls who were just waiting for a chance to film themselves doing the handshake from “The Parent Trap” in their suburban living rooms. In my mind, “Moment of Truth” is simply an enabler, a peer pressure-er, a drug dealer for the masses who are hooked on opportunities to shame themselves publicly. ![]() As a lover of all things degraded, all things Juic圜ampus, all things post-lapsarian Britney Spears, all music videos made by Heidi Montag and of all mowers-down of good (Lizzie Grubman - well, maybe not Lizzie Grubman), I must salute this show. As a purportedly unethical person, can you explain the merit in this public explosion of feces?Īs a human being with a heart and a brain, I see your point. Question: The television show “Moment of Truth” seems like the lowest point of human civilization. You may view this article’s correction here. ![]()
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