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The Moment of Truth

October 13, 2008

          It was my first time last week to watch the show The Moment of Truth. It was a Fox game show, which from the name itself, brings out the truth from the contestant—painful or not. The questions get harder as the show goes on and becomes very, very personal. From watching just one episode, I can say that this show can ruin oh so many lives. The show uses a lie detector, which I think cannot be disputed. The willing “victim” sits in the stage where the host asks him or her a series of questions. I think you can win as much as $500,000 by answering all the questions without lying. The episode I watched reached the $200,000 level (at this point, his husband already looked angry and betrayed), but after revealing hard truth in front of her family (ie, parents, sister, husband), she was deemed by the all-knowing lie detector as lying when asked, “Do you think you’re a good person?” She said “yes,” and from what I gathered from the previous questions, she hardly is. Hey, I am allowed to be judgmental! Heck, she joined that show! She confessed in public, in front of her husband (emphasis here), that she thought that she should have been married to somebody else on her wedding day, that she sometimes remove her wedding ring to appear single, and that she had sexual relations other that with her husband, among other things. Well?

          Apparently, this is not the first show which had the “truth” mechanics. A Colombian game show started it all, and some 20 countries adapted it. It was earning big bucks but had to be cancelled when a contestant admitted negotiating with a gun-for-hire to kill, guess who, her husband. Fortunately of unfortunately for her, the husband was able to run away.

          I find it amazing how much the entertainment industry and the people have evolved. We are now at the masochistic/sadistic level!

          It gets me to thinking: If there was a show such as that here in the Philippines, who would you want to be its contestant? Hmmm… I know!

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Previous Comments

Abel is quite a fanatic of this show. I haven’t seen a single episode though. Better get that cable subscription right?

Posted by Rico at October 13, 2008, 4:37 pm

or better talk to your neighbor about their cable… hehe. :D

Posted by mordsith at October 13, 2008, 4:42 pm

i wouldn’t mind putting myself in that lie detector machine. i have nothing to hide… naks! i want GMA to be its first contestant. imagine the chaos it would create. nah. i changed my mind. don’t want her near any lie detector machine. period.

Posted by ka at October 13, 2008, 7:24 pm

ka, i don’t think we’re fit to be in that show; our lives aren’t as coloful enough. haha. i guess you have secrets too, but i bet it’s not that dark. or is it? joke! :D

Posted by mordsith at October 13, 2008, 7:35 pm

pangit yang gameshow na yan. mas maganda yung yes game nila tado. sagot mo lang lagi sa tanong yes para manalo. tapos tatanungin ka ng “pangit ba nanay mo?” o kaya “gusto mo mapunta impyerno?”. mas mahirap yun.

Posted by peter joseph victorio perez at October 13, 2008, 7:37 pm

pjvp, ayos din yung brewster game na yun. parang mas gusto kong sumali dun!

Posted by mordsith at October 14, 2008, 9:42 am

Even if I wanted to join, baka di nila ako tanggapin as contestant. Wala sila makukuha sa akin kasi I have a very boring life… I mean, what could the $500,000 question be for me?

"IS..IT…TRUE that you had a baby when you were still in school?"

And then Wendy can answer for me: YES!!!!

Seriously, I really don't get why people join this show, even if they do have "exciting" secrets to reveal. Would one really risk ruining his/her life for money? Or are these people's lives already ruined enough for them to join the show to get the money?

Either that, or they are all actors, pretending to be shocked with fabricated lies.

Posted by kg at October 14, 2008, 10:22 am

Maybe it’s in their culture to be that open. I, also, would not join that show, not that I’m qualified. hehe. It’s actually good to finally reveal your long-kept secrets (and maybe ask for forgiveness). It’s just that if I had shocking secrets to reveal, I’d share them only with the people involve. I would not subject them to public humiliation. But that’s me.

But money can go a long, long way. For some people, since they’re already confessing, might as well get money for it. :)

Posted by mordsith at October 14, 2008, 10:48 am

Or who knows these people might not be even doing it for money, baka addict lang mga yan sa atensiyon, KSP, and what better way to get attention than to spill their secrets through a television show — sikat na, bayad pa :)

Posted by wosamia at October 14, 2008, 7:37 pm

I’m with wosamia on that.

Plus, there’s an audience for it because people will always love to hear about others’ dirty laundry. There’s a term for that I learned from a musical - “schadenfreude”: the enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. Not that that’s through-and-through mean. Just a fact of life; hearing others’ foibles makes us go “buti na lang hindi ako ganun…”

Posted by zarine at October 20, 2008, 9:55 pm

i think my teacher in psych discussed it. i forgot the term she used, but i think it’s about measuring yourself (or feeling good about yourself) against the misfortune/misbehavior of others. and with that, people think they’re good persons. haha.

Posted by mordsith at October 21, 2008, 10:15 am

Impression ko for that show:

Whoever gets to become a contestant, is either cheating or plans to cheat on their companion, or is doing has done something unfavorable/hurtful for their parents/family.

I mean, I think you have to have these “filthy” things to qualify, otherwise it won’t be interesting at all. :)

But yeah, it’s very entertaining.

Posted by Meric at October 21, 2008, 4:21 pm

with so many celebrities/politicans here who have lots of those “filthy” things, i sure hope they could entertain us by joining that show. haha. :)

Posted by mordsith at October 21, 2008, 4:50 pm

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