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re: Just watched The Truman Show
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:42 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:42 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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"Looking for model/actress. Must be attractive and telegenic. Must be able to sell the shite out of any product. Must pretend to fall in love with guy you are not in love with. Must frick him like any wife would normally do. Must be able to cook. Must live in a giant bubble and never see your family/relatives for at least 10 years. Must be okay knowing that the entire world knows you as a total whore for the rest of your life."
You're leaving out the worst part:
"Must be okay with getting pregnant with said man and selling your child into slavery."
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Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:44 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Must be able to cook. Must live in a giant bubble and never see your family/relatives for at least 10 years
I guess I was just assuming, just like most married couples don't spend 24 hours a day together, there would be plenty of time for her to escape almost daily too real friends/family, etc. Plus a bunch of production assistants to help really clean, cook etc.
Its not like she has to act the part when he's not around.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:48 am to OMLandshark
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Marlon
Worst character in the movie in my opinion.
I have no problem beliving they could find someone in today's world to play his wife. That's an easy find. She didn't even show up until college.
But Marlon and Truman were friends since they were 7. They couldn't have told Marlon what was up as a 7 year old. 7 year olds can't keep secrets. They must've told him when he was old enough to make the conscious choice to keep Truman in the dark. And if they were friends since 7, but in the movie Marlon is totally in on it, then he's the biggest piece of shite in the movie outside of Truman's mom. At some point he made the decision to continue to lie to his best friend every single day.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:50 am to Tigerstark
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I guess I was just assuming, just like most married couples don't spend 24 hours a day together, there would be plenty of time for her to escape almost daily too real friends/family, etc. Plus a bunch of production assistants to help really clean, cook etc.
They make it clear in the movie that Truman had never been to see her at the hospital. So as a doctor she'd work long hours and it was probably all just hanging out with crew and cast and basically living a double life. Hell she might have even left the bubble occasionally. She'd attend conferences and stuff.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 7:59 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:52 am to Tigerstark
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I guess I was just assuming, just like most married couples don't spend 24 hours a day together, there would be plenty of time for her to escape almost daily too real friends/family, etc. Plus a bunch of production assistants to help really clean, cook etc.
Its not like she has to act the part when he's not around.
I'm not sure she can do that. What if Truman tracks her like he did in the movie? Plus that dome is big as shite.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 7:57 am to Breesus
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Worst character in the movie in my opinion.
I have no problem beliving they could find someone in today's world to play his wife. That's an easy find. She didn't even show up until college.
But Marlon and Truman were friends since they were 7. They couldn't have told Marlon what was up as a 7 year old. 7 year olds can't keep secrets. They must've told him when he was old enough to make the conscious choice to keep Truman in the dark. And if they were friends since 7, but in the movie Marlon is totally in on it, then he's the biggest piece of shite in the movie outside of Truman's mom. At some point he made the decision to continue to lie to his best friend every single day.
I mean, with the pedophilia and rape scandal recently coming to light, is it really that difficult to believe? It is hinted in the movie and outright stated by members of the cast and crew that Marlon had extreme drug problems very early in his life that continued to the present due to his guilt of lying to Truman. I'm thinking his parents were absolute monsters to him as well as Christoff and other producers in the show. I'm guessing Marlon's own parents were actors themselves living in the bubble and put tons of pressure on Marlon. I look at Marlon as the second biggest victim of the Truman Show behind Truman himself.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 8:04 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:00 am to OMLandshark
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I'm not sure she can do that. What if Truman tracks her like he did in the movie?
That was clearly the first time something like that had ever happened. They didn't even deviated the traffic loop he recognized until he pointed it out. He rarely, if ever, even deviated from his routine. And they'd know well in advance if he was coming home early.
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 8:01 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:02 am to Breesus
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That was clearly the first time something like that had ever happened. He rarely, if ever, even deviated from his routine. And they'd know well in advance if he was coming home early.
Yeah, he was routine, but surely one of those days Truman would want to surprise her with flowers or something like that. You might could risk her not being in the hospital, but out of the bubble completely? Probably not too often. If she left the bubble, I'm guessing the BS excuse Truman was given is some sort of a nurse's conference.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:05 am to OMLandshark
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:05 am to OMLandshark
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surely one of those days Truman would want to surprise her with flowers or something like that.
It literally never happened. Like I said, they didn't even account for him recognizing the same exact traffic patterns outside his house every single day.
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but out of the bubble completely
I'd assume she'd go to the occasional medical conference. Or "she's in surgery and can't be reached"
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:11 am to OMLandshark
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What the Truman Show teaches us about politics
Jim Carry's entire career, personal life, and movie catalog is a great study on human nature and the world around us.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:23 am to OMLandshark
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She got 20K every time she had sex with Truman.
Was this really said in the movie? I don't remember that or the stuff about Marlon and drugs, but it's been a while since I've seen the movie
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:24 am to OMLandshark
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Marlon had extreme drug problems very early in his life that continued to the present due to his guilt of lying to Truman. I'm thinking his parents were absolute monsters to him as well as Christoff and other producers in the show.
Yeah I suppose he was tortured and manipulated into a sad sort of complacency until he finally just gave in.
It makes you wonder if his parents on the show were even biologically related to him.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:31 am to jchamil
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Was this really said in the movie? I don't remember that or the stuff about Marlon and drugs, but it's been a while since I've seen the movie
The former is more behind the scenes, but the drug problem is implied. Marlon was mentioned having been missing for months at a time due to "being sick" even at an early age. These were actually stints in rehab.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:33 am to OMLandshark
How do you get drugs while on that TV show 
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:36 am to wildtigercat93
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Finding a women to give missionary once a month would be easier than finding a college student with a "proficiency in Microsoft word" on their resume.
This. I don't see why this is a hard concept. Sure she's a terrible person, but there are lots of those around.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 8:42 am to Jon Ham
You just watched the Truman Show? Have you just been avoiding TBS for the past 15 years?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 10:47 am to Jon Ham
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The Truman Show
One of the classics as far as I'm concerned. Blew my mind when I saw it in the theater as a teenager.
My grandmother also saw it. She was bummed out because "there wasn't a thing about Harry Truman in the whole show".
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 10:47 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:23 am to randomways
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In the end, it's a character-driven narrative that wants the audience to enjoy and empathize with Truman's journey to 'freedom'.
That's a good description of the movie. It wasn't enough for me to love the movie though. A guy is stuck in a reality show and is trying to escape = cool and entertaining. Add in some more depth to it and you have yourself maybe one of the best movies of all time. It had that potential, which is why I felt disappointed even though I did enjoy it.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:25 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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You just watched the Truman Show? Have you just been avoiding TBS for the past 15 years?
I make a point to never watch what I believe will be a good movie for the first time on cable due to commercials and editing.
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