The satirical elements of the Truman Show

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2018)

The Truman show follows a man who was born into entertainment and his entire existence was for the purpose of entertaining the whole world. His twenty four-seven broadcasting lead the viewer into his everyday life for his entire life. I think the change this satire is trying to point out is the lengths people will go to, to provide entertainment and make money. I think this because the movie shows an over exaggeration of how we look at entertainment today. You can see this in the deflation of the fact that they have trapped this man in a dome for his entire life and no one thinks this is inhumane. The inflation of the perfect world and the safe environment that was created for Truman was a complete exaggeration because the world though it isn't completely perfect is not a horrible place.
I think the creator is trying to comment on the lengths people will go to, to entertain the public and to make money by entertaining. The target would be people in the industry who exploit others to be successful and entertain the public. The audience on the other hand is anyone that participates in watching television or really anything that is meant to entertain. I think the writer's use of blame by praise was perfect for the purpose of this satire because by praising this attitude the viewer can now see what is wrong with this ideal. The connotation of the perfect life added to the overall theme of the satire because the movie was trying to create this world with no problems to make the viewer of the show think that keeping someone in a dome is okay. Without the use of these techniques the satire would have no been nearly as successful as it was.