Power Of Media In The Truman Show

The Truman show

The life of Truman Burbank is founded on a enormous secret. He is the unwitting and unsuspecting main character of a reality television show named The Truman show. Ever since the day Truman was born has a TV company broadcasted his every move. Truman 's whole life has taken place in a tremendous dome and everybody in his surrounding are hired actors. During his thirtieth year does the film begin and he recognises occurrences that all appears to be centred on him. He gradually gets more suspicious about his environment and tries to escape it. The producers of the show are determined not to reveal the secret about Truman 's existence. The film ends when Truman has outsmarted the TV company and walks out of the dome.

Truman Burbank, the protagonist of the film, was chosen out of six unwanted pregnancies to be the first legally adopted by a corporation. He is oblivious about the fact that his everyday life is broadcasted continuously around the world. Truman is portrayed as a sweet and goodhearted insurance adjuster who is living the American dream. His life gets shattered when he realises that everything in his surrounding are fake which makes

One perspective of the message of the film could be the power of media. The controlled town Seaheaven could symbolise our society. Peter Weir, the director of the film, could be using Seaheaven to portray our environment as controlled by media. In that case would Christof symbolise the media. Weir is pointing out how far the media is willing to go to gain an audience. Another perspective is the value of the American dream. As mentioned earlier is Truman living the American dream. Truman has everything the American dream includes but lacks true relationships. Perhaps does the film want to tell the audience that the American dream is worthless without true people to share it with. This is shown when Truman shows interest in escaping Seaheaven, even though he has the ideal life does he search for