What are the similarities and differences between "Truman's life in Seahaven and the reality TV show like "The Bachelor", "The 'Survivor", orr "The Real World". ?
The Truman Show are similar with the other shows because they are all T.V shows. They are all on tv where millions of people are watching them. The dirrence between the other reality shows and The Truman Show is that the other shows were scripted and the Truman Show wasn't. In the reality shows The Bachaelor , The Real World, etc the people on there know that they are being recorded. They are aware that they are on tv with the cameras facing them.The are told by a producer what to do on the show and what they cannot do on the show. Those shows usually stay on for a limited time due to the amount of episodes that are aired and they dont come on back to back they usually come on once a week. On the other hand, The Truman Show was an ongoing show and It came on everyday with no comercials to interupt it. The only problem was the star of the show, Truman, didnt know that his life was being recored. He didnt know that the people around him was actors yet alone hisself. There we're over 5,000 cameras around his life and he didn't know until a breaking point and people such as his wife were advertising random things into the hidden cameras. Truman had no idea that he was being recored, he didnt even know who his family was because everything was now a lie. The place in which he was living was just a world made for him in which he was the star, an unaware star that followed his everyday life movements.
Hello Shanewka,
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen the The Truman Show but I feel as if I did from reading your response. It does seem like this shw is different from all other reality TV shows. You had great ideas from the article, which shows that you have interpreted well. You gave good supporting ideals against your claim.