A Great Satirical Movie With A Great Message

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2015)

The Truman Show is an incredible, funny, and thought provoking satirical movie. This movie shows you how strongly media influences us through showing you the reality of someone whose whole life is built by the entertainment industry. One of my favorite parts about this movie is its use of satire. I would recommend this movie to anyone as it teaches a valuable lesson that everyone stands to gain from learning.
Many satirical tools are used in The Truman Show to deepen the meaning of the movie. There is a lot of connotation in the film. For instance, the character Christof has many underlying biblical references. Christof is portrayed as god-like in many ways. First of all, his name has 'Christ' in it. Also, Christof's office is on a very high floor, and people tend to think of god as in the highest of all places. Furthermore, when people talk about Christof they tend to use names that are typically used to describe god. For example, when Truman comments about the beautiful sunset to Marlin, Marlin gives all the credit to Christof by saying that it is the work of 'the big guy up there.' The religious connotation of Christof is used to show how we tend to worship television, celebrities in magazines, and all other forms of media and the people in them. Irony is another tool that is geniously used in The Truman Show to develop the satire. Situational Irony is used to provoke humor in many scenes, such as when Truman goes to the travel agency and sees posters of planes crashing all over the walls. This is to dissuade Truman from leaving Seahaven, however it is also very ironic as posters exposing the dangers of travel are the last thing you would expect to see in a travel agency.
This movie's lesson about the way too large role of media in our society is an incredibly valuable piece of knowledge. In fact the importance of this lesson seems to grow with time, as it could almost be considered more relevant nowadays than it was when the movie was originally made; this is because in the last decade, we have only increased the role that media plays in our lives. Overall, this movie is a great and hilarious satirical film that exposes how much media influences our lifestyle choices.