Defamer
After billing The Moment of Truth as a brilliant Frankenshow combining the most intriguing aspects of F. Lee Bailey's Lie Detector, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and Cheaters, the culmination of a life's work for Fox's President of Apocalypse-Expediting Alternative Entertainments Mike Darnell failed to really deliver on its life-destroying promise. Not even a desperate casting stunt that replaced the show's evil robot voice with a string of celebrity she-bots (Small Wonder, Rosie from The Jetsons, Richie Rich's Irona) managed to really hook viewers.
After billing But now the gloves are off: With the season drawing to a close, producers claim to "have saved the worst for last." In a promo all but guaranteeing a life-evisceration in-the-round, ominous words like "shocking," "destroys," and "housewife" are casually tossed about. Also featured: frequent cutaways to the unlucky husband, whose very soul appears to be draining right before our eyes with every question, as if his entire being was squeezed through a citrus presser. Will lives be destroyed? Tune in and see! (Or spend a quality hour with your spouse explaining how badly you've always wanted to bang their best friend and/or accidentally blew some of the nest egg on a coke habit, and watch the far-more-entertaining 60-second web recap instead.)
- The Moment of Truth [Fox]
Comments
Do you this this show is a load of carefully worded and carefully edited tripe that signals the downfall of Western civilization?
Next, after this commercial break!
I love the juxtaposition of the "Lighthearted Entertianment" logo after the clip. Dick slap to the face.
The questions seem oddly obtuse to me. Where previousily they just striaght out ask "Have you cheated on your husband?" they instead seem to be dancing around it, suggesting that maybe she has which strikes me as an odd turnaround.
Also, now I am not married, but don't most married couples at some time or another regret getting married? Maybe because of a fight, a fit of depression, whatever. That just seems like a normal aspect of any relationship.
I get the feeling that there is a whole lot of nothing going on and Fox is trying to bill it as something greater. Regardless, anyone that appears on this show just to win $200k, half of which goes to the taxman, are fools. And that doesn't include the half your spouse will get if your answers lead to a divorce! At least wait until the total is a million.
There should be a huge cash prize for being able to drop an "Irona" reference. Seriously. Irona. I love it.
"Moment of Truth" is like "The Jerry Springer Show" without the Jerry Springer. People are willing to admit affairs and general scumbaggery on national TV for a paycheck and/or fifteen minutes of fame? Nothing new under the sun here.
the whole show is pointless because who's to say they even use the lie detector results (if it's even turned on or the people aren't actors)? all they have to do is have the contestant answer the question and then play "true" or "false" over the p.a. depending on how they want the show to go.
rigged.
I am getting suspicious the show is rigged. The "contestants" are just a little to gorgeous and their reactions just don't seem to fit what is supposed to be occuring (say losing it over a potentially destroyed marriage). If its not rigged, then this is the finest accidental cast of idiots ever assembled for reality TV.
@ortholomeux: Take comfort in the fact that the show operates under full supervision by auditors from Arthur Andersen.
Ahhhhhh come on guys..... I expected you to at least credit Howard Stern on this one. He has been doing this on his show for 20+ years
Another show which proves that there are too many Americans who will do pretty much anything to get their 15 min of fame on the Tee Vee, even better if the dangle of cash is included.
Who cares really if they may destroy the relationships & lives of themselves & people around them.
Hubby is a very bad actor.
@Doug Nelson: Either he's a bad actor, or he's secretly turned on at turning her out for other men.
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