The Truman Show: The Dangers Of The Reality Television Show

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The Truman Show, starring Jim Carey, is a movie about an unusual type of reality television show starring a Truman Burbank in a 14 hour a day television show that is all about his life. The show began when Truman Burbank was born and has been running for almost 30 years. Truman has spent his entire life in a large dome that is made to look like the real world, including weather, sky, stars, a sea, and his hometown, Seahaven. The town is equipped with 5,000 cameras so that Truman will always be seen on the TV show “The Truman Show” at any time of the day from inside his home to anywhere in town. From the moment he was born, Truman has been lied to by everyone he knows. Even his parents and wife are not real, they are merely actors in the show. Everyone in the town of Seahaven is working for the television company as a part of this massive show; Truman is the only person who does not know the truth.
Things begin to occur that causes Truman to question his world. One day Truman accidentally hears on his radio a live narration of his movement through the city at the moment; Truman does not understand why he heard this or what it means, but it makes him start to look at his world with a little …show more content…

Who can he trust? What is real? He tries to confide in his wife, but she is fake. He tries to talk to his mother and father, who are also in on the scheme or show (and not really his parents). The last person he trusts is his childhood friend, who also turns out to be a lie. He is willing to keep the facade up in order to keep the show going. Who can Truman turn to for truth? This is similar to the question that Hume dealt with "How to you know?" No matter what the answer to any question is the response is "How do you know?" It is a world with no certainty, no truth. Truman must have felt the frustration of not being able to get to the truth of his reality and the fear of uncertainty all around

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