Lie Detector Game Show From Colombia Like “Millionaire,” But Without the Dignity Regis

Finally–a degrading Colombian TV export that doesn’t involve tits. Greenlit by Fox for an American pilot, game show “Nothing But the Truth” grills contestants with yes-or-no questions that get progressively more personal and invasive as the money at stake increases; all they have to do to win the dough is tell the truth, so oh-so infallible polygraph tests are administered beforehand to call them out when they fib. (And when it means the televised betrayal of their loved ones in the audience and at home. Now that’s quality programming!) To illustrate the slippery slope this show might throw our naive nation down, we cite this guy:

Yury Andrés Narváez had already admitted stealing £2,500 from his family, cheating on his fiancee with one of her friends, and kissing another man. Now came another question: did he want his fiancee to be the mother of his children?

When he says yes and it’s deemed a lie, heartbreaking hilarity ensues. Check out our favorite sample question, singled out for its sheer absurdity:

Do you regret not sharing cheese with your sisters?

We never knew our sordid, cheese-hogging past would come back to haunt us like this.

From the mundane to the heart-breaking: Colombians line up for trial by lie detector [Guardian Unlimited via The Latin Americanist, third item]
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