Amazing!! How Far Are We Willing to go to be Entertained?

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2016)

I have seen The Truman Show so many times and I consider it one of my all-time favorite movies. It has such a simplistic feel to it, but it is loaded with satire and profound meaning. This is Jim Carrey's best performance in any of his films; by far, surpassing his performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Truman Burbank is the star of his own reality TV show and he doesn't even know it. He is the first star born on set and legally adopted by a TV show. We've all felt the sensation that "this can't be happening to me, I must be getting Punked," But for Truman, this is his whole life. With a great cast and clever plot, Director Peter Weir weaves together a masterpiece.
The movie points out the insatiable nature of TV viewers (aka US), and the extent that producers and directors will go to please their audience. Forget morals; forget people's feelings or reputations, "we want to be entertained". Weir compares us to the Romans. Just as the Romans craved entertainment at the expense of Gladiators, we crave entertainment at the expense and reputation of TV stars, athletes and regular people. How far is society willing to go? And at what cost? The Truman Show asks this of its audience.
If you have not seen this movie, you must! It is just as, if not more applicable now than it was when the movie was released in 1998.