The Truman Show is an Excellent Film

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2015)

The Truman Show is an amazing movie that shows many satirical elements. The film is addressing is reality TV. In reality TV shows, things happen that wouldn't normally happen in somebody in normal, day to day life. The target then would be the people who run these reality TV show, and change the way events happen on the show for ratings. For instance, there is product placement in Truman's "life." These show how the world is fake, and this addresses the fact that TV is fake. Commercials that talk about how great their product is, when in reality, the person is payed to say what they do. Another thing, is the deflation of all the problems in the world. The only problems that usually happen are minor, but when Truman goes to leave the town for Fiji, all sorts of problems arrive. I think that this is attacking the fact that reality shows start problems when things start to drag. There is a lot of deflation when it comes to the fact that they essentially are keeping a human in captivity for entertainment, which obviously immoral. There is also lots of irony, when Truman sees the elevator is fake, there is an elevator crash the next day. As well as that his wife is a nurse but she is grossed out by surgery. With his whole life a lie, we can see the impact not only of the lies on television, but the impact every action we make on other people's lives, whether the impact was good, or bad. This is still relevant to us today, not only because TV is still around, and these things constantly happen there, but because humans still interact with each other. With their actions impacting those around them and their lives', making this a must see for all.