Still Horrible. Still Watching.
I’ve posted about this abomination of a broadcast before, but I’m watching it as I post this, and can’t believe what I’m seeing. I also can’t believe I’m watching it. I further can’t believe I’m admitting watching it. It’s the kind of show that you want to sit in judgment of; talk about how it appeals to the worst traits of human beings and has no redeeming value at all.
The problem is that it apparently appeals to my worst traits, and I could care less that it has no redeeming value. Actually, that’s not quite true: it does serve as a wonderful example of how shallow and selfish people can be, so it’s got that going for it. I just have to keep reminding myself that watching it doesn’t make me as shallow and selfish and the people on the show. Well, maybe as shallow, but not as selfish.
I just watched a woman laughingly answer the question “if you knew you wouldn’t get caught, would you cheat on your husband with an ex-lover?” Before answering it, the smarmy and insincere host asked the husband what her answer would be - he said he had no idea. The wife looked at him and said something along the lines of “what, don’t you even know me at all?” and then answered yes, she’d cheat on her husband if she didn’t get caught.
I can’t quite figure out what I think about this all. I can’t deny that I enjoy seeing just how low people will stoop to win a few bucks, but it’s really disturbing. Their family members get blindsided, though frankly if they have bad enough judgment to go on national television with friends so bereft of morals that they’d destroy their marriages and families for cash then they kind of signed up for the humiliation. No victims, only volunteers and all that.
Still though there is no doubt that The Moment Of Truth is a car wreck that supports the theory that the U.S. television audience (and I’m not giving myself a complete pass here) is getting stupider, more selfish, and really enjoys watching other people’s misfortune. So if you’re into that, or just curious about how awful people can be to each other in order to win money, tune in. But take my advice and tivo it, because there’s only about 10 minutes of meat in a one hour show. And the chatter is insufferable. Really.
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Comments 7
I think the host looks so much like Robey. (Hi Robey!)
It is a car wreck of a show and I watch it with you, but only because you control the clicker, you technocraphead.
Truths are good, but the lie detector doesn’t catch the ambiguity of the questions and take them into consideration.
Whatever. It has already wasted way too much time of mine…but like a car accident, it is hard not to look at the horror of it.
Posted 29 Aug 2008 at 6:51 am ¶The car accident comparison reminds me of an interesting sounding book I’ve been meaning to read. It’s called Traffic, and I believe it’s a look on why traffic is horrendous in N.A. these days (and it’s not as boring and as dry as I make it sound like here).
Shows like that make me want to just slit my wrist right here, right now. I can’t watch them…I’d almost rather sit through Brady Bunch re-runs (almost).
Posted 29 Aug 2008 at 10:20 am ¶Jo: You know you love it.
Teresa: I WISH I could honestly say that I can’t watch them. But that’d be a lie. And oh yeah, I don’t believe you. Not entirely anyway: I’ll bet you only say you won’t watch it because you haven’t yet - and I’ll bet you a nickle that if you actually watched it (tivo’d of course) you wouldn’t turn it off.
Posted 29 Aug 2008 at 9:32 pm ¶Are you daring T??
T?? Take the challenge!
Posted 29 Aug 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶Hah! I’m not a gambler. My stats knowledge may be abysmal, but it’s good enough to know that only a fool with no money would gamle. On the other hand, I love the workout that a slot machine gives my right arm…tennis arm without having to play tennis.
‘Sides, we don’t have Tivo (us and 2 other families in the U.S., i’ll bet). ;>
I know I won’t be hooked on it because the last time I was forced to watch Who Wants to be a Millionaire (which, in my estimation, is not much different from The Moment of Truth), I was this close to gnawing my arm off. I excused myself to examine my pores in the bathroom mirror instead.
Posted 01 Sep 2008 at 1:05 pm ¶Gamle…as good as gambling, by the way.
Posted 01 Sep 2008 at 1:06 pm ¶Have never watched and will never watch that show for the same reason I won’t watch the other shows where people’s baser instincts are encouraged (those VH1 shows with bimbos trying win the affections of an aging rapper or rockstar) but I do agree that the host looks like my goddam brother. My good looking brother. Go ahead and say something Nancy Drew.
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