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[[WMG: Christof himself is the star of his own "Truman Show" television program, and isn't aware of it.]]
There's another dome around the Seahaven dome, and it's filled with cameras that watch Christof every day of his life. The cast and crew of the Truman Show are actually actors whose job is to trick Christof into thinking he's a television pioneer. ''The Truman Show'' is in fact a ShowWithinAShow of ''The Christof Show'', a very meta television program that follows the life of a man in charge of a massive live television project.
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[[WMG: [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory The whole story is an exercise in]] UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}}]]
[[BigBad Christof]] is surrounded by symbolism placing him in the role of the Abrahamic {{God}}: "CueTheSun" clearly echoes "Let there be light", his voice from the clouds, his accurate claim to having watched every moment of Truman's life, and his status as the creator and nigh-omnipotent ruler of the show and by extension Truman's entire world. But Truman lives in [[PlatonicCave a false world]], with everyone around him being an actor whose reason for being there is specifically to keep him from discovering the truth, and the true world outside the dome being inaccessible to him. Christof may have [[AGodAmI made a god of himself]] in some ways, but he's a [[MadArtist twisted]], [[ControlFreak tyrannical]] one, more closely resembling [[GodIsEvil the Gnostic Demiurge]] than the mainstream Christian view of [[GodIsGood a truly good God]]. The falsehood of the Demiurge's creation drives Truman to madness, just like the corrupt nature of the material world causes suffering in humans. Sylvia represents the Gnostic vision of Jesus, who comes from outside to impart the knowledge to Truman that his world is a lie and that a bigger world is outside.
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* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be regulated with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond [[CutLexLuthorACheck simply making a reality show about one clueless guy]]. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, even Antarctica, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay through the nose for something like that. Maybe they exist everywhere, and that is why the Truman Show execs have been able to imprison Truman. Because by the time Truman has come of age, there are people who have all grown up in these enclosed environments, knowingly or otherwise. Anyone who has grown up in a dome won't really care of someone else has done so without prior knowledge.
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* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be regulated with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond [[CutLexLuthorACheck simply making a reality show about one clueless guy]]. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, even Antarctica, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay through the nose for something like that. Maybe they exist everywhere, and that is why the Truman Show execs have been able to imprison Truman. Because by the time Truman has come of age, there are people who have all grown up in these enclosed environments, knowingly or otherwise. Anyone who has grown up in a dome won't really care of someone else has done so without prior knowledge.knowledge.
[[WMG: ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'' was a movie made for Truman]]
The movie had the moral "you should do everything your neighbors tell you, instead of going abroad with your wife and having a nice cruise. Doing that makes you a dick." This movie is legendarily stupid, and not just because of how insane the message is. But it's the exact movie that Christof would make Truman watch. In one scene, Truman is watching ''Hallmark''-style movies that preaches the same moral of staying true to your town. Throughout Truman's life, he's been fed this nonsense to keep him in town. And considering the crap real Hollywood makes, there would be no shortage of similar slop that Truman Show can buy. Maybe they have screenwriters on staff who churn out this material, and then go on to sell these movies to other studios. Maybe Nielsen secretly tracks Truman's reaction to movies, and film university students study these reactions while learning about how not to make mediocre art.
[[WMG: ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'' was a movie made for Truman]]
The movie had the moral "you should do everything your neighbors tell you, instead of going abroad with your wife and having a nice cruise. Doing that makes you a dick." This movie is legendarily stupid, and not just because of how insane the message is. But it's the exact movie that Christof would make Truman watch. In one scene, Truman is watching ''Hallmark''-style movies that preaches the same moral of staying true to your town. Throughout Truman's life, he's been fed this nonsense to keep him in town. And considering the crap real Hollywood makes, there would be no shortage of similar slop that Truman Show can buy. Maybe they have screenwriters on staff who churn out this material, and then go on to sell these movies to other studios. Maybe Nielsen secretly tracks Truman's reaction to movies, and film university students study these reactions while learning about how not to make mediocre art.
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** Or... Years in advance, Christof planned a special "Truman goes to Mount Rushmore" plotline. He arranged a trip to Mount Rushmore, chartered a small plane with a vetted crew of attendants and pilot, and talked the National Parks Service into leaving the park clear for a day, or even a weekend (during the off-season; the Parks service could have considered the publicity boost worth the inconvenience of weekend's lost revenue). It's a small trip, but a rewarding one, with Truman sedated for the transitions into and out of Seahaven, and Truman never encounters anyone who doesn't already have clearance.
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* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be controlled with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond seemingly making a reality show about one clueless guy. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay for it. Maybe Chrisof did make money off of it, and Truman became his experiment.
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these, and their existence is was justifies the existence of the show]]
* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can becontrolled regulated with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond seemingly [[CutLexLuthorACheck simply making a reality show about one clueless guy. guy]]. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, even Antarctica, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay through the nose for it. something like that. Maybe Chrisof did make money off of it, they exist everywhere, and that is why the Truman became his experiment.Show execs have been able to imprison Truman. Because by the time Truman has come of age, there are people who have all grown up in these enclosed environments, knowingly or otherwise. Anyone who has grown up in a dome won't really care of someone else has done so without prior knowledge.
* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be
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* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be controlled with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond seemingly making a reality show about one clueless guy. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay for it. Maybe Chrisof did make money off of it, and Truman became his experiment.
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[[WMG: The are multiple Seahaven sized studios, and Truman has been to them]].
* Think about it: Truman supposedly went a trip to Mount Rushmore as a child. Either it was a fake set, and they are using Truman's hazy childhood to pretend he went on one, with a clearly photoshopped photo album, or for Truman's sake, they built whole sets the size of Seahaven to take the place of towns, in case Truman wanted to go someplace.
[[WMG: There are multiple enclosed environments such as these]]
* Designing an entire community, with artificially controlled climate that can be controlled with a ''touchscreen'', bodies of water, soil, and housing has applications beyond seemingly making a reality show about one clueless guy. You could build self-sustaining communities anywhere, or colonize space. Hell, rich countries with water shortages like Israel and Saudi Arabia would pay for it. Maybe Chrisof did make money off of it, and Truman became his experiment.
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Is this just so you can root for Paul Giamtti and not feel bad? Because if it is, I support you 100%.
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* The studio gaffer who should have tightened the bolts holding Sirius's light in place, whomever left the back of the elevator gaping open, the "cop" who called Truman by his name without being told it: Christof's backers will file lawsuits against ''all'' of them for their role in giving the game away to Truman and thus, destroying their perennial cash cow.
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[[WMG: Everyone on the crew and cast who ever slipped up will get sued for damages.]]
* The studio gaffer who should have tightened the bolts holding Sirius's light in place, whomever left the back of the elevator gaping open, the "cop" who called Truman by his name without being told it: Christof's backers will file lawsuits against ''all'' of them for their role in giving the game away to Truman and thus, destroying their perennial cash cow.
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[[WMG: Once Truman is gone Cristof is going to be put on trial]]
How does something like The Truman Show not violate a few constitutional statutes? Not only that, but he attempted to murder Truman on screen even when it was so very clear he no longer had any desire to stay there.
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*** Given the scope of the project, it's also probable that instead of the radio mixup suddenly blowing their cover in year 30, little errors like that have been occurring here and there throughout Truman's entire life. The producers were usually able to smooth them over (as we see with the broadcast about the airplane shedding parts after the Sirius light falls, and Truman's subsequent putting it out of mind), but eventually, a few of these events happen to occur in such a short time. The mixed-up broadcast alone may not have set him off, but the broadcast, plus the falling light, the targeted rain, etc, and all during a point when Truman is already in an antsy state of mind. Finally, something clicked.
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** Personally, I doubt that Unionists accepted anything as acceptable. Most likely a lot of people were paid off to accept a lot of legal loopholes. It's okay when he's a baby, because he's not an actor. Then later in life, he's being paid to act as a (what was his desk job?) because he's not genuinely qualified. Like I said, pay-offs.
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** Hey, just because one show ends doesn't mean the economy crashes. It's a big show, sure... but I doubt the entire economy crashed - or even the entire film industry. There was a Truman channel. The channel folds. People start watching another channel. You see it at the end; people say "What else is on?"
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** The in-universe main counterargument would probably be that Truman isn't acting (which they can make a decent argument for -- Truman's reactions are genuine, he's just ''manipulated'' into following a script he doesn't know exists), and therefore he is not an actor. Couple that to the impracticality of doing this kind of thing for most productions (it really only would work for a show like The Truman Show, and that's a massive investment that only pays off because (to all indications) it doesn't have any real competitors in the genre), and the Actor's Union might have accepted it as a special case that doesn't really set a precedent or weaken their negotiation position that much (after all, you can't just slot in a Truman on the fly, you have to prepare him for the 'role' he's to play ''from birth'').
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[[WMG: The Truman Show (the show itsself, not the movie), is trying to attract a PeripheryDemographic of {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s.]]
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[[WMG: The ''The Truman Show Show'' (the show itsself, not the movie), is trying to attract a PeripheryDemographic of {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s.]]
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The director knew you were getting paranoid and suspicious about how artificial this world you're in is. This film was their latest effort to dissuade you from questioning how real your reality is.
The director knew you were getting paranoid and suspicious about how artificial this world you're in is. This film was their latest effort to dissuade you from questioning how real your reality is.
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[[WMG: The dome was re-purposed to film ''TheWalkingDead'' TV series.]]
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[[WMG: The dome was re-purposed to film ''TheWalkingDead'' ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' TV series.]]
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[[WMG: Sea Haven will be reused for a sequel called "The Newman Show" with a new protagonist.]]
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* Which, legally speaking, means he hasn't consented to anything, because consent based on a lie isn't valid.
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*** Which doesn't change the fact that as a child Truman was 'working' far more hours in a week than is legal for a child actor.
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He's a mole for the organization. He started off somewhere on the lower rungs and over the years he worked his way up to the main control room. After he gained everyone's trust he started engineering little mishaps to clue Truman into the falseness of his world. The Sirius light falling, the wonky radio transmission and Truman's "father" reappearing were all his doing. We see that when Christof isn't around he likes to play director. He uses this time to distract the rest of the crew from any strange things Truman might be getting up to, like when he dug his escape tunnel. He's also seen reading the classifieds. Why would someone at the most popular show in the world, that's been on air for 30 years and could run another 40+ be looking for a job? ''Because he knew the show wouldn't be on much longer.''
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He's a mole for the organization. He started off somewhere on the lower rungs and over the years he worked his way up to the main control room. After he gained everyone's trust he started engineering little mishaps to clue Truman into the falseness of his world. The Sirius light falling, the wonky radio transmission and Truman's "father" reappearing were all just his doing.latest attempts. We see that when Christof isn't around he likes to play director. He uses this time to distract the rest of the crew from any strange things Truman might be getting up to, like when he dug his escape tunnel. He's also seen reading the classifieds. Why would someone at the most popular show in the world, that's been on air for 30 years and could run another 40+ be looking for a job? ''Because he knew the show wouldn't be on much longer.''
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[[WMG: Paul Giamatti's character was a Free Truman activist]]
He's a mole for the organization. He started off somewhere on the lower rungs and over the years he worked his way up to the main control room. After he gained everyone's trust he started engineering little mishaps to clue Truman into the falseness of his world. The Sirius light falling, the wonky radio transmission and Truman's "father" reappearing were all his doing. We see that when Christof isn't around he likes to play director. He uses this time to distract the rest of the crew from any strange things Truman might be getting up to, like when he dug his escape tunnel. He's also seen reading the classifieds. Why would someone at the most popular show in the world, that's been on air for 30 years and could run another 40+ be looking for a job? ''Because he knew the show wouldn't be on much longer.''
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[[WMG: Contrary to what was implied, there were preperations for Truman should he leave the show.]]
Money, Transportation and a place to live so he wouldn't have to look very far to get what he needed while he was looking for Sylvia. That's what those contracts he signed every day were about. To make him set for life.
Money, Transportation and a place to live so he wouldn't have to look very far to get what he needed while he was looking for Sylvia. That's what those contracts he signed every day were about. To make him set for life.
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[[WMG: Truman wasn't the object of the show, Christof was]]
Imagine it, a 100% real reality show about a gigantic crew of people who live to make another man (who may or may not believe it, Truman being an actor too deserves its own WMG)live his own fake life. It's a show about one man's insane experiment and god complex, with an interesting ShowWithinAShow. The world outside of "the studio" is just another, much larger and more complex set. Would they ever suspect it if they already thought themselves to be "on the outside" and in complete control. They wouldn't even have to hide the cameras and stuff, it would all be "Behind the scenes of The Truman Show."
In other words, [[MemeticMutation Truman-[[{{Inception}}ception}}
Imagine it, a 100% real reality show about a gigantic crew of people who live to make another man (who may or may not believe it, Truman being an actor too deserves its own WMG)live his own fake life. It's a show about one man's insane experiment and god complex, with an interesting ShowWithinAShow. The world outside of "the studio" is just another, much larger and more complex set. Would they ever suspect it if they already thought themselves to be "on the outside" and in complete control. They wouldn't even have to hide the cameras and stuff, it would all be "Behind the scenes of The Truman Show."
In other words, [[MemeticMutation Truman-[[{{Inception}}ception}}
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I was a paid actor but they fired me from the set after I tried to tell you the truth! You're the main character in a television show like the one in this film and I managed to break into the studio to leave you this message! Get on a boat! Quick!
I was a paid actor but they fired me from the set after I tried to tell you the truth! You're the main character in a television show like the one in this film and I managed to break into the studio to leave you this message! Get on a boat! Quick!
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[[WMG: Sylvia isn't a member of the actor's guild]]
Railroading to the extent that Truman can only talk to certain people would be highly counter-productive. Perhaps it wasn't Christof's idea. Perhaps Sylvia wasn't a member of the actor's guild, and was thus forced to be a GhostExtra by union rules.
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