Timeless

Rating: 9/10 (24 February 2008)

I was feeling a little down and tired this afternoon and so decided to dust off an old friend who turned out to be The Truman Show. I was reminded of it's quality in script, performance and oddly enough presentation. It's realism is confirmed by my nephew who, at the age six and a half, cried because he thought Truman was a real person caught in a real mouse trap. He is no fool, not then, not now. Ten years on and we now have a plethora of reality TV shows. It leads to the question, when will we get tired of them? When will we demand more? Face it, a lot of us see them as more ridiculous and counterfeit than reality. But, in the end, it is the entertainment value that continues to draw me. And, of course, how can I pass up Jim and Ed.