The Truman Show

I really love the Truman Show because I really love the character of Truman, which is basically the point of the movie. The Truman Show in itself is entirely about Truman, and the Truman fans we see are fanatical about watching his life, his every movement. I find it very interesting that the entire movie becomes just this, and that we the audience are transformed into fanatical Truman fans ourselves. I certainly become invested in Truman and am cheering him on throughout the movie, just like the TV fans are cheering him on throughout the show.

Truman becomes more than a person during the course of the film. He represents something as standard and constant as the change from day to night. He is always there, and basically always the same. Truman becomes a staple of life for many people, maybe society in general. It's almost like he is worshipped by his fans, after all they tune in everyday/night and Truman is always there to give them their sense of stability and normalcy. So in a way Truman was greatly benefiting society and so in a way I agree with Ed Harris' Christof "I am the Creator - of a television show that gives hope and joy and inspiration to millions." Truman is basically taking one for the team by unknowingly giving up a "real" life. Ultimately however, Truman is freed which is the right thing to do, but I do not necessarily call Christof an evil man for keeping Truman his entire life. He merely had a different outlook on life and expressed his creative side in a weird, human-rights violating, method.

Christof offered an ideal world cut off from the sick realities outside the dome of Seahaven. It's unfortunate though that someone missed their chance at a 'real' life in order to create this ideal world.