If the Truman Show was real...

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1) and you were the lead (Truman), how obvious do you think it would be that you were the center of the world around you?

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I think once I got out of my adolescence to where I realize that the world shouldn't revolve around me (25 or so), I'd probably start to take a hint on what may be up.

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1.1) Were their TVs in Truman's world? Would it help if there was?

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Didn't shows like Andy Griffith and I Love Lucy play on Truman's television? Probably wouldn't help much at all and only reinforce I was the center of the world since in these shows universes, the main character is indeed the center of the world.

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1.2) Wouldn't actions from people alone clue you in, even if that was all you've known?

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Depends on who was around me. I wouldn't suspect much from my best friend, but from a wife I subconsciously knew couldn't stand me. Some of the other people in town would probably give me a clue, like shoving me against a billboard every single day and it has a different advertisement on it every single day.

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1.3) Aren't we all really the center of our own universe?

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When you have no responsibility to others, yes. Once you do have responsibility for others though, not really unless you are an extremely selfish person. That is the point where Truman (or I) should start questioning my reality.

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2.1) Do the actors take vacations?

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I'd guess that the main actors took a vacation, but I have a hard time fathoming how the wife would have been able to take one, unless of course she had a girl's week every few months. However this would likely make Truman want to leave his enclosure even more though.

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2.2) Did Truman's childhood friend need acting lessons to be able to act the part without suspicion when he was older? Or does that type of relationship not really need to be acted out?

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I'm guessing they found the best child actors in the industry and saw which ones made the biggest bond with Truman.

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- Consider being in the role of Truman's father. Would you say yes to putting a kid through the real torment of loss and grief? How much money would it take you to do this?

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Not sure if I could do it being Truman's father. I'd rather he live in ignorance for a while. If I was Truman's best friend though, I might have to eventually snap and tell him if I considered Truman a true friend.

I tried to watch The Truman Show when I was a kid because I was a huge fan of Jim Carrey. I thought it was going to be a comedy and turned it off...haven't watched it since.

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I tried to watch The Truman Show when I was a kid because I was a huge fan of Jim Carrey. I thought it was going to be a comedy and turned it off...haven't watched it since.

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Saw it in the theaters and liked it a lot.

It's amazing how popular the theme was in the late 90s. The Matrix, Dark City, eXistenZ, The Thirteenth Floor and Truman Show all dealing with the world your in isn't really the real world after all.

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If the Truman Show was real:

1) and you were the lead

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The viewers would be very disappointed.

They would say: "He's jacking off to porn again?"

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You've never been a mile away from your home town? There's weird, unexplainable things? You never spotted a single hidden camera? You've never thought about oddities in people around you?

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you don't know that is weird. you don't know what oddities are.

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No. You would have no frame of reference. You're out of your element.

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Exactly. It's tough to say what we'd think if we were Truman because we weren't raised in a complete environment where everything (literally, every single thing) is geared to perpetuating our belief that we were stuck in our world/town.

The brilliant thing about Truman show and how they handled it (if it were real) was the instilling of fear of flying and water in him. It's the simplest solution to keeping him there, yet I thought it worked well. I think eventually I'd get curious about things, but based on how he was raised, he pretty much never questioned things until certain events made him wonder (seeing his dad, the light falling from the sky, the rain frick up, his old girlfriend telling him stuff, etc.). Had those things not happened, he would have remained oblivious.

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Had those things not happened, he would have remained oblivious.

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I don't think they could have kept him oblivious for much longer. Truman certainly noticed some of the oddities of his universe (particularly the product placements) and sensed that his wife couldn't tolerate him. All Truman needed was just a little push.

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1) and you were the lead (Truman), how obvious do you think it would be that you were the center of the world around you?

1.1) Were their TVs in Truman's world? Would it help if there was?
1.2) Wouldn't actions from people alone clue you in, even if that was all you've known?
1.3) Aren't we all really the center of our own universe?

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Well, if you were ALWAYS the center of the world, you would assume that's how it should be. Think about how entitled some people feel when they AREN'T the center of the world. So the fact that Truman figured it out is nothing short of amazing, when you think about it.

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2) then how would the logistics for the show work?

2.1) Do the actors take vacations?
2.2) Did Truman's childhood friend need acting lessons to be able to act the part without suspicion when he was older? Or does that type of relationship not really need to be acted out?

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2.1: I'm sure they do. Again, the myth has to be kept up around him.
2.2: Pretty sure that you don't have to act when you grow up with someone. Now, to suppress the suspicion, they'd have to pay him a hell of a lot, I'm sure.

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3) and you were an actor, what would you not cross the ethical/moral line on?

- Consider being in the role of Truman's father. Would you say yes to putting a kid through the real torment of loss and grief? How much money would it take you to do this?

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I wouldn't be able to do it. I wouldn't even be able to be a regular town person on the show.

You realize that Truman doesn't get paid anything remotely what he should for how much the show brought in, right? I could not be a part of such exploitation, and I certainly couldn't lie to someone like that and sustain the lie for that long.

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Yeah but certain individuals from Truman's world behave more suspiciously than others, which can serve as some slight frame of reference.

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For people like us, certainly. You're looking at it through the lens of our world, rather than from Truman's point of view.

To us, the billboard with a different ad every day is odd, but to Truman, it's been that way his entire life and that's all he knows. In his world, billboards change ads daily.