a moment of truth
*Wednesday, October 29, 2008
How much is your relationship with those who you hold dear worth? How many secrets are you hiding from them? How willing are you to make a fool of yourself on global television, and air your dirty laundry in public? If you don't really mind any of those, then welcome to A Moment of Truth, which is, in my opinion (and none others I speak for;), one of the worst shows based purely on the fact that it banks on the embarrassment and greed of others.
I cringe whenever I see that show on the television, and will change the channel immediately. To me, gameshows reality shows have reached a new low. It just makes me think how low further can they sink, since nothing seems untouchable to them anymore. And makes me wonder: how far will people go for monetary or material gains?
What happens during the show is that the contestant will be asked increasingly personal and intimate questions, which they will have to answer truthfully, or they leave with nothing. That's bad enough, but what makes it unbearable is that the family members, friends and sometimes even bosses of the contestant will be sitting right in front of them, and they will have to answer truthfully, as stated by a polygraph machine.
Ties, bonds and relationships are all in risk of being broken in the face of this show, yet there are still people participating in it. What I do not understand also is how other people can look and CLAP whenever an ugly truth is revealed about the person in the hot seat.
Even if you multiply the cash award by 100000 times, I would never join such a game. To me, it's just degrading. Degrading the importance of ties between people, degrading the humanistic side of humans itself. It cheapens things, when such secrets can be shared with the entire world on a television program. It reminds me of the movie King Kong: in the movie a character said "There is still some mystery left in this world, and we can all have a piece of it for the price of an admission ticket." Could you put possibly everything you hold dear on the line for half a million?
And the above is just my views, so for those who stumble upon here, feel free to comment on it.
9:25 PM
Happiness can be simple.
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