The Truman Show: Difference between revisions

On the other hand, those people ''volunteer''.

 

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* [[Cue the Sun]]

* [[Crash Into Hello]]. Subverted. The woman who was picked to be Truman's love interest falls on top of him, but he falls in love with a girl who is sitting on the lawn a little ways away.

* [[Crucified Hero Shot]]

* [[Discretion Shot]]: ...to a [[Lampshade Hanging]].

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The creator of the show is named Christof.

** [[Word of God|Word Of Actor]] says that Marlon, Truman's best friend might be the exception, as he does really care about Truman and feels bad for lying to him (understandable as they'd known each other since they were kids). Emmerich also believes that Marlon had been into rehab several times over the years, due to having developed a severe drug addiction to cope with the constant guilt.

*** There's a deleted scene that supports this. About two-thirds of the way through the movie (after Truman's had his break-down and Meryl has left him) the actors and Christof have a meeting and discuss the next few months of the show. Christof has already scripted the whole thing out; he's brought a new character (Vivian) in to replace Meryl as Truman's love interest, they talk about her and Truman will get together, and Christof reaffirms his plans to have the world's first on-air conception, and he details how a second channel will be added to chronicle Truman Jr.'s life. At which point Marlon, who up until this point hasn't spoken, very bitterly comments "so when Truman dies, we go back to the one-channel format?" Acts as a very quiet [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].

* [[Knight Templar Parent]]: Christof.

** Depending on [[Alternate Character Interpretation]], this also applies to some of the others close to Truman. It's possible that they believed that the lies needed to keep the show running were in Truman's best interest. Some characters (Marlon) lend themselves to this better than others (his mother, Meryl).

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Some lines of dialogue imply that Marlon was [[Put on a Bus]] that [[The Bus Came Back|Came Back]] at different points during the show's run.

** Truman tried to put himself on a bus... er, a literal bus. To Chicago. At the time, he hadn't realized the true nature of Seahaven; he just wanted to leave town. Obviously, the studio couldn't allow that, so the bus driver proceeded to ruin the gearbox by grinding gears.

* [[Railroading]]: Truman's predetermined wife. In fact, his predetermined '''life'''.

* [[Reality Show]]: It essentially encapsulated the idea and then ''[[Deconstructed]]'' ''[[Unbuilt Trope|it before it became popular.]]'' For all the trappings of reality the show and its creators try to give it, it's still plotted and only has an illusion of choice.

 

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