#The Truman Show

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dreadringer

the truman show dir. peter weir

vinegarfairy

this is what dating an instgram influencer must be like

amarits

I always thought this was the most unrealistic part of all of The Truman Show. If Truman grew up with people around him regularly stopping their normal conversations to do a quick product ad, not only would he think it was normal, he’d also start doing it himself. He’d drive the producers nuts by regularly doing ads for things they weren’t paid to do ads for. No Truman! Talk about the toothpaste! The toothpaste! The mouthwash company didn’t pay us nearly enough for you to hawk their products! Maybe we can charge them an unexpected Truman marketing surcharge. Now how do we get him to talk about the toothpaste? Maybe if we have his wife tell him his teeth are getting much whiter.

ingridverse

But he would really drive them crazy by doing ads for things that aren’t products. “Mmmmm, water! Cool and refreshing.”

elf-kid2

She is an actress, and she is also a human woman, and she is this man’s wife, who has been lying to him for years.

Does she know that the Show-Runners recently brought in a Very Pretty Brunette Co-Worker to her husband/unwitting co-star’s workplace? Is she scared of leaving this Ultimate Reality-Show Spotlight that she’s been living under since she was a teenager?

Is she scared of angering the TV Network by refusing to bring a little Truman Jr into the world? She’s been married to Truman for years at this point. She LIVES in this camera-filled town, and if Truman breaks, the whole show breaks with him.

I guarantee They have unpublished footage of her & Truman’s marital bed, and she knows it, and Revenge Porn is a very real fear. What does her contract look like? How old was SHE, when she agreed to “Marry her High-School Sweetheart”?

How long has she been in the habit of trying to avoid or deflect from Uncomfortable Conversations with her husband (who she’s known at least since High School, who she watched on TV for years before that, who she’s been lying to throughout their entire relationship) by trying to do a Commercial Break?

Has she learned to bite back curse-words, because it’s not the Right Image for the character she’s supposed to play? To recite product-shills until somebody can feed her the right lines, until Truman stops going off-script, until the singular element of chaos in her carefully-curated world just GETS WITH THE PROGRAM ALREADY?!

How often has Truman tried to talk to her about emotions, their relationship, their strange little town, or the future… only for her to deflect by talking about the latest food or gadget or designer-dress she bought, instead?

How often have his friends said, let’s not talk about travel; let’s talk about my new Greenman Hedge-Trimmers instead ?

How long has he been biting back the words, when they all try to avoid talking about REAL things by  promoting their new favorite toy?

“What the HELL are you talking about?”

my-random-fandoms

The Truman Show is legitimately scarier than any horror movie that’s ever been made. I saw it in the theaters when it first came out and all these years later I still get chills when I think of it. 

the truman showoh defintely every single product that's there has an advert beneath itand the rest is stuff they make
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neolesbian

i get that its popular but has anyone thought about how fucked up the truman show is? like it was really funny last week when he tripped over that bird but think about it... he doesnt know...

leolaroot

okay if you care so much then don't watch 🙄 people are always whining about the show but I knowwww you're tuning in. besides he's never known anything else at this point it'd be cruel to end the show. like what are they gonna do? just release him into the wild?

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