Research Paper On The Truman Show

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“We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions”. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects”. The Truman Show is trying to prove us how society really is and how it can affect certain people and how people can be obsessed with reality shows. How we the audience think reality shows are perfect and really true. For instance how we think a typical perfect neighborhood, with perfect neighbors, perfect family. Also, how we believe everything we hear in the television like advertisements. How years have past by and we have become more lazy and bored by watching commercials that we fast forward them or don't even pay attention to them. People are getting too excited over reality shows, how we are starting to ignore watching commercials, and how we think its …show more content…
Its almost invading their privacy. Not just when they are in the show but also when they are living their lives. cameras are still following them everywhere. Taking picture of them on whatever they are doing and whenever you least expected. In the movie they follow Truman everywhere, they would be cameras all over him, take picture whenever they wanted too without him not knowing. The media rotates Truman’s live by giving him make up false information on how he lives and the things that is happening to him.

Everything thinks reality shows are really “reality” but really they aren’t. They are getting pay to start drama in their lives. Most of the time their are being told what to say. However we have been getting more and more lazy to watch commercials. We would fast forward them or do something while commercials are on. In the movie Truman's wife was advertising products throughout the movie. One example was Mococoa drink. Now business are being perform in television shows as well as in movies. Another example is when Truman is held up against a sign so that everyone watching him will see what the sign is

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