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One thing and scene that makes me angry and confused.

posted 3 years ago by TheMan18 (12480)
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So the presenter apparently deliberately REVEALS to the contestant in the bathroom the answer, scribbles B on the mirror and then when the contestant chooses his own one ("D" - Jack Hobbs), the presenter gets angry enough to have Jamal Malik arrested on suspicion of cheating and get mad on him, whilst also revealing that HE is the one who violated the rules - "I gave him the wrong answer and the little sh*t got it right" - and HE (the presenter) gets away with it and nobody either suspects HIM or chooses to discipline him?

Also, just because the contestant DISAGREED with the answer given to him by presenter or implied somehow and he chooses the correct one, is that really grounds enough to start suspecting him of cheating?

Plus, what if also Jamal Malik for instance did not even NOTICE the "B" wrong answer written by presenter in the mirror and what if he did notice it but did not make any connection to any of the questions about to be asked on the show?

So why does the presenter then completely not only get away with it but the one man to whom he told this does not raise any unwanted (for the presenter) attention and Jamal Malik has to suffer and get threatened in the process then?

[–] atomicx (234) 3 years ago

It has been years since I've seen the movie, but I remember being under the impression that the game host was just acting on behalf of the show executives or perhaps even the show's tv network. I don't remember thinking that the host went rogue and was acting alone. The network wanted high ratings, which they were getting. What they did not want was a winner. We see so much corruption during the course of the movie that we should not be surprised that the show is corrupt as well.