While viewing The Truman Show I was confronted with some disturbing thoughts about what reality television is coming to and what the possibilities are. The concept of having a main character in a show that doesn’t know that he is being watched is not that far-fetched. The difference between this and the reality television that we see now is very slight. The hidden cameras are what people love about this world of reality TV. When people as a whole sees something they feel like they are not supposed to we love it. It makes us feel like we are part of the drama and not just lazing around on our couches. To get a high rated show there is no telling what people would do. It would not even have to be a very well scripted show in order to sell. Some of the junk that is on television isn’t “good television,” however, it still manages to sell and make millions of viewer satisfied. Throughout the movie we see how the viewers of the show obsess over Truman. Their lives seem to revolve around what in going on in this fake studio world. This is something that we see in our world today. This film came off as slightly disturbing in the fact that we could possibly see something along this line someday.
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Totally. Also think of industries that currently exist with this premise... especially porn--- the concept of the secret camera (whether actual or not) is a HUGE issue for us a viewers/ consumers and makers.
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