Pace on Earth

Choking On The Truth

Last week, when watching the promo for Fox's new reality tv show Moment of Truth, my buddy JC mentioned that we might as well just get it over with and get the Running Man show produced. Running Man, you'll recall was the 80's Schwarzenegger flick based on a game show where prisoners are hunted live on tv. It's a cult classic, based mostly on the outfits (a lively debate about who would play who if we did the Running Man as a group Halloween costume - as usual Normy was the big black guy).

Moment of Truth's basic premise is killing the contestents more sublty. They hook the contestents up to a lie detector and then ask questions that will inevitably break up the relationship of the contestant and their significant other, who is invariably seated nearby. Here is a good summation from Deadspin. I can't say that this particular show signifies the demise of Western culture but it's definitely a step in the direction downhill - next stop Running Man?

Pace out.

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:53 p.m.