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** Also, the movie as a whole now is funnier when the viewer realizes they're watching [[Series/TrueDetective two of the world's greatest detectives]] bumble their way through a reality show. Definitely makes Season 2 look better in comparison.
** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. One of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom2003'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it even more funny is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. One of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom2003'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it even more funny is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
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** Greg Sestero of ''Film/TheRoom'' fame plays one of the people watching Edtv.
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** Greg Sestero of ''Film/TheRoom'' ''Film/TheRoom2003'' fame plays one of the people watching Edtv.
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** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. One of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it even more funny is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that Edtv was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.
* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that Edtv was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.
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** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. One of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/TheRoom2003'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it even more funny is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize thatEdtv [=EDtv=] was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.
* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, ''[=EdTV=]'' seems oddly prescient about the entire genre. (Though, of course, reality television and its effects on people [[Series/TheRealWorld already existed in the 90s]], it was just less prevalent.)
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, ''[=EdTV=]'' ''[=EDTV=]'' seems oddly prescient about the entire genre. (Though, of course, reality television and its effects on people [[Series/TheRealWorld already existed in the 90s]], it was just less prevalent.)
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released and was generally written off by critics as a PoorMansSubstitute for ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', but it has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released and was generally written off by critics as a PoorMansSubstitute for poor man's ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', but it has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released and was generally written off by critics as a poor man's PoorMansSubstitute for ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', but it has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released and was generally written off by critics as a poor man's ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', but it has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released, released and was generally written off by critics as a poor man's ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* FanPreferredCutContent: Fans agree that ''Film/{{Edtv}}'' would have been too long if it had kept all, or even most, of the 45 minutes of deleted scenes. Still, they tend to mourn the deleted subplots that flesh out Ed's family and introduce a rival TV personality.
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* FanPreferredCutContent: Fans agree that ''Film/{{Edtv}}'' the film would have been too long if it had kept all, or even most, of the 45 minutes of deleted scenes. Still, they tend to mourn the deleted subplots that flesh out Ed's family and introduce a rival TV personality.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: What the hell are [[Series/TrueDetective Rust Cohle and Martin Hart]] doing on a reality show?
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** What the hell are [[Series/TrueDetective Rust Cohle and Martin Hart]] doing on a reality show?
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.2000s.
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* FanPreferredCutContent: Fans agree that ''Film/{{Edtv}}'' would have been too long if it had kept all, or even most, of the 45 minutes of deleted scenes. Still, they tend to mourn the deleted subplots that flesh out Ed's family and introduce a rival TV personality.
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** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. Ironically, one of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it double ironic is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
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** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. Ironically, one One of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it double ironic even more funny is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, ''[=EdTV=]'' seems oddly prescient about the entire genre.
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, ''[=EdTV=]'' seems oddly prescient about the entire genre. (Though, of course, reality television and its effects on people [[Series/TheRealWorld already existed in the 90s]], it was just less prevalent.)
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** Greg Sestero's role in the film is watching Ed and Shari have sex. Ironically, one of the famous lines of ''Film/TheRoom'', among many, is "How's Your Sex Life?". What makes it double ironic is the guy playing Greg's friend says "Huh?" in a way that sounds slightly like the way Tommy Wiseau says it.
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** Greg Sestero of ''Film/TheRoom'' fame plays one of the people watching Edtv.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: What the hell are [[Series/TrueDetective Rust Cohle and Martin Hart]] doing on a reality show?
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** Also, the movie as a whole now is funnier when the viewer realizes they're watching [[Series/TrueDetective two of the world's greatest detectives]] bumble their way through a reality show. Definitely makes Season 2 look better in comparison.
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, EdTV seems oddly prescient about the entire genre.
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* ValuesResonance: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the RealityShow concept being played to death, EdTV ''[=EdTV=]'' seems oddly prescient about the entire genre.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The television channel which comes up with the idea for EDtv is named "True TV", and its intent is to constantly air what happens in a normal person's life. A case of {{Defictionalization}} occurred in 2008 when the actual television network [=CourtTV=] changed its name to "truTV", which places a heavy focus on "caught-on-video" reality programs, just like the film!
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* HilariousInHindsight: The television channel which comes up with the idea for EDtv [=EDtv=] is named "True TV", and its intent is to constantly air what happens in a normal person's life. A case of {{Defictionalization}} occurred in 2008 when the actual television network [=CourtTV=] changed its name to "truTV", which places a heavy focus on "caught-on-video" reality programs, just like the film!
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* VindicatedByHistory: Widely dismissed as [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a derivative knockoff]] of ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Widely dismissed as [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a derivative knockoff]] of ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the The film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Widely dismissed as [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a derivative knockoff of]] knockoff]] of ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: Widely dismissed as [[TheyCopiedItNowItSucks [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a derivative knockoff of]] ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The Widely dismissed as [[TheyCopiedItNowItSucks a derivative knockoff of]] ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the film bombed at theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000s.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The television channel which comes up with the idea for EDtv is named "True TV", and its intent is to constantly air what happens in a normal person's life. A case of {{Defictionalization}} occurred in 2008 when the actual television network [=CourtTV=] changed it's name to "truTV", which places a heavy focus on "caught-on-video" reality programs, just like the film!
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* HilariousInHindsight: The television channel which comes up with the idea for EDtv is named "True TV", and its intent is to constantly air what happens in a normal person's life. A case of {{Defictionalization}} occurred in 2008 when the actual television network [=CourtTV=] changed it's its name to "truTV", which places a heavy focus on "caught-on-video" reality programs, just like the film!
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* VindicatedByHistory: The film bombed at theatres theaters when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000's.2000s.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that Edtv was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''TheTrumanShow''.''Film/TheTrumanShow''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that Edtv was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.