“ Here’s the deal. Open your eyes. Your life is a lie.” These words, written by Andrew VanWyngarden, are pure genius and totally apply to Truman Burbank’s life. Mr. Burbank was born and raised in on the little island of Sea Haven. During the first thirty years of his life, he remained in Sea Haven, never knowing he was actually on a movie set and his whole life was a lie. The movie The Truman Show is an indirect satirical look at reality tv, making comments about the “controlled” reality these shows display, creating illogical scenarios, and mocks those who follow reality tv shows like a religion. The Truman Show, as mentioned previously, takes an indirect satirical look at reality tv and the various “realities” that revolve around tv culture.
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Not thinking!). In this movie, several things happen that are out of the ordinary. First, we meet the cast. Then we meet our star: Truman Burbank. While Truman is getting ready to leave for work, a mysterious object falls from the sky. It’s a stage light. This is our first clue that something is not quite right. Later, we discover that Truman Burbank was born and raised on the set of the world’s most popular television show. The idea that a child could be adopted by a corporation is completely absurd. After this corporation adopted this child, they placed him in a giant dome, to live out his life in front of cameras, for the whole world to see. The men and women who follow Truman’s story from the beginning are crazy. Most of them forgot completely how to live their lives while they were engrossed in Truman’s life story.Look at the man in the bath as an example. How long was he in that tub? The security guards and the women at the Truman Bar forgot that they had jobs to do while at work. These people show no desire to move forward with their lives We see this as ridiculous, but then we understand the overall …show more content…
Several things happen throughout the movie that are completely unreasonable: from the oversized television set to the crazed fans who forgot how to live. This satirical film commented on the fans of today’s reality tv shows, the directors of the shows and the “reality” displayed in the shows. Some of the ridiculous things that happened included fans who didn’t live their lives (like the man in the tub, the ladies in the bar or the security guards) or the crazy director who tried to kill Truman rather than allow him to find out his life was a lie. In the end, though, Truman Burbank did discover that everything he knew was controlled by a man in the sky, and as he said after this crushing discovery, “In case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight”
Not thinking!). In this movie, several things happen that are out of the ordinary. First, we meet the cast. Then we meet our star: Truman Burbank. While Truman is getting ready to leave for work, a mysterious object falls from the sky. It’s a stage light. This is our first clue that something is not quite right. Later, we discover that Truman Burbank was born and raised on the set of the world’s most popular television show. The idea that a child could be adopted by a corporation is completely absurd. After this corporation adopted this child, they placed him in a giant dome, to live out his life in front of cameras, for the whole world to see. The men and women who follow Truman’s story from the beginning are crazy. Most of them forgot completely how to live their lives while they were engrossed in Truman’s life story.Look at the man in the bath as an example. How long was he in that tub? The security guards and the women at the Truman Bar forgot that they had jobs to do while at work. These people show no desire to move forward with their lives We see this as ridiculous, but then we understand the overall …show more content…
Several things happen throughout the movie that are completely unreasonable: from the oversized television set to the crazed fans who forgot how to live. This satirical film commented on the fans of today’s reality tv shows, the directors of the shows and the “reality” displayed in the shows. Some of the ridiculous things that happened included fans who didn’t live their lives (like the man in the tub, the ladies in the bar or the security guards) or the crazy director who tried to kill Truman rather than allow him to find out his life was a lie. In the end, though, Truman Burbank did discover that everything he knew was controlled by a man in the sky, and as he said after this crushing discovery, “In case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight”