Talk:The Truman Show

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Plot Section

Hi, thanks for composing this. However, it seems the "Plot" section could use a little more vim, and achieve better insight. It's been awhile since I've seen the film, but I think there were about six or eight events that caused Truman to begin to doubt the reality of his surroundings. Also, it seems he was not driven to "escape", but by a yearning to know the real world. In that sense, the film is deeply symbolic of any and everyone's lives. Thanks again, BalancedScales (talk) 22:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

correction??

In the plot, it says "Despite Truman's staged relationship with his wife Meryl, he desires to meet and perhaps court the scene-extra called Sylvia, who was removed from the cast by the producers while trying to explain to Truman the true nature of his life. In the thirteenth year of his life, Truman begins to realize that he is surrounded by an "unreal" world and tries to escape Seahaven."

Shouldn't it say thirtieth? In the movie, it shows Truman at 10,610 days and counting, or some number around that. That is 29.8 years - Isn't that when Truman started realizing it? He is about 30 years old in the movie... not 13. Please verify. I am not sure if maybe at 13 years old he began to realize. I understood that he just always saw some peculiar things happening and during this movie (around 30 years of age) begins to unravel it all. ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 01:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The scene was a flashback. He was in high school studying for a test in the library while Marlon was trying to get him to party. Truman was not 30 in high school.--Loodog (talk) 02:00, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously not - but I don't see how that high school scene is related to the begin to realize sentence. Like I said, he always saw peculiar things, but it was only during the movie (when he was about 30) that he started to figure out something was amiss. So I don't think it should say 13th - that's not when he began to realize the unreal world. Maybe then the sentence needs to be changed - or the 13 needs to be changed to 30. ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 05:24, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Religious Analogy section

Right now it seems like a bunch of random unrelated sentences, some of which have nothing to do with religion. 75.170.52.201 (talk) 04:46, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Newsweek

I just read a Newsweek article about how an increasing number of schizophrenics have been found to believe that they are part of a Truman-like reality show and everyone is in on it but them. They're calling it "Truman Show syndrome" or something like that. Thought it might be a good add. Wrad (talk) 23:42, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Found and incorporated. Alientraveller (talk) 09:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Real names

The list of characters names Natascha McElhone's persona as "Sylvia / Lauren Garland". But later the article states that "Truman and Sylvia are the only characters who use their real names on the show, which is to say their real names are also stage names." So which is it? Also, what is the relevance of making the latter observation under "Religous analogy"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BroMonque (talk • contribs) 12:37, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fantasy?

Why would this be considered fantasy? I'm changing the opening sentence to science fiction, unless anyone has a compelling reason not to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.166.162 (talk) 02:59, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed it BACK to science fiction several times, and will continue to do so unless anyone can give better justification than "It doesn't have spaceships." It has a completely controlled reality broadcast 24/7 from a dome that can be seen from space. As This very website states: "Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. " This film IS science fiction. The only reason to claim otherwise is some manner of insecurity.

"Marketing similar to Forrest Gump"

This comes up twice in the article, references to the movie being marketed in a similar fashion to another famous movie. However, nowhere here or in the Forrest Gump article is there any actual references to a marketing campaign, which means there's no way of establishing exactly what this marketing method actually was. Does anybody know? Is there any reference to this that can be used here or on the FG page? Otherwise it's cross-referencing that goes nowhere. Damage (talk) 22:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's mentioned in the cited newspaper publication. Bear in mind the Forrest Gump article is at B-class status, while The Truman Show is a certified Good Article, therefore I would likely trust this article better. It's also noteworthy that both film trailers for Gump and Truman showcase the same song from Randy Edelman's score for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Both films were also done by Paramount Pictures, thus the marketing strategies would probably be the same. That's my 2 cent rant. Wildroot (talk) 02:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]