Abuse In The Truman Show

The 1998 film, The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, is the thirty-year story of the life of Truman Burbank. Truman, played by Jim Carrey, is the unsuspecting star of the film. Truman was an orphan, adopted and raised by a television cooperation which has been filming his every move ever since he was born. With the use of over five-thousand cameras, in a dome shaped set which houses the population of a small town, the producer, Christof, captures Truman’s everyday life. But, Truman starts to discover certain aspects of his life which he can control. He starts to believe that his whole world is based around himself. Truman then tries, with his wife Meryl, to leave his home in Seahaven, but finds that he is unsuccessful, and is stopped whenever he tries. One theme of the Truman show is the use and abuse of power, mainly shown through the producer, Christof. Christof uses his power as producer more abusively then not. Trying to keep Truman from leaving Seahaven, and to control what Truman does. The Truman Show is a continuously running …show more content…
With the amount of reality television watched all over the globe, you may be able to see the abuse that actors receive from their producers. Truman is just a normal human, who does not know that he is the star of a show. The majority of the methods Christof uses to retain Truman from leaving Seahaven are seen as abusive. Such as when Truman is tackled and knocked out by the nuclear power plant workers. Christof does whatever he thinks is best for the show, not what is best for Truman. The producers also use their power in other ways. They have to include advertising from their sponsors during the show, for there are no commercial breaks. The Truman show shows us how actors can be treated in reality television shows, and may cause us to rethink how we view these programs. Truman has a mind of his own, and chooses to leave Seahaven for the first, and last