"THE TRUMAN'S SHOW" (Week 5)
Sunday, 6 August 2017 | 20:58:00 | 0 Words
‘The Truman’s Show’ that captivates meEvery good dumpster-diver knows that there are treasures to be found in trash, and the same can be said of the cultural garbage produced by the Hollywood entertainment industry. One wouldn’t expect to find important philosophical themes being treated with sophistication in a Hollywood movie starring Jim Carrey, goof-ball extraordinaire, but that is exactly what I found in The Truman Show.In the end, I will also have much better things to say about Jim Carrey.
So the first point of philosophical significance in The Truman Show is that it presents an intriguing example of how a person could be radically mistaken in his beliefs about the world. One of the scene that being portrayed in the movie is when Truman musters the courage to board a sail boat and leave Sea Haven. Christof, however, is not prepared to let Truman escape so easily, since such an escape will mean the end of the TV show, Christof’s great artistic creation. If the show is indeed to end, it must be on his terms. Christof therefore orders his production team to fabricate a storm that will either force Truman to turn back or, if not, cause him to drown. The storm fails to deter Truman, though it does nearly kill him. Nevertheless, Truman ultimately survives and reaches the limits of his world, the periphery of the TV studio. At the periphery Truman finds a door, which opens out into complete darkness, representing the unknown for Truman. Christof speaks to Truman directly at this point, and attempts to persuade him not to leave. Truman ignores this plea and exits the TV studio, stepping into the darkness of the real world.
How is the movie affect me personally?
For me i thinks that The Truman Show affect me like everyone has access to everythings,(eg) some of our most personal secrets.Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Tinder, Google+, YouTube, etc. Our lives are basically being translated into digital by our own hands.People post updates on where they're located, where they're going, what they're doing, what they're eating, who they're with, how they're feeling and too often give out information that is way too personal.Sure, not everyone in the world is interested in you and the things you do, but I'm sure plenty are.
Discuss a scene that I find the most profound in the movie
One of the scene that i find the most profound is the viewing public, who are so ‘captivated’ by “The Truman Show” that they are, one could say, ‘glued’ to their TV sets. A thought that came to my mind upon seeing this was of Plato’s allegory of the cave. Plato’s story depicts a group of prisoners chained in a dark cave, constrained by their chains to stare at a wall in front of them.
