EXTREMELY FASCINATING TO LOOK AT THE TRUMAN SHOW FROM A MORE MODERN PERSPECTIVE, AND BY FASCINATING, I ACTUALLY MEAN HORRIFYING. IT'S NOT THAT IT SURPRISES ME AT ALL WHEN MEDIA FROM THE PAST ACCURATELY PLOTS THE TRENDS IN THEIR CURRENT SOCIETY AND THE PLACES IN WHICH THEY CAN END UP. ENOUGH SCI-FI DOES IT WITH STAGGERING METAPHORICAL ACCURACY THAT IT'S KINDA JUST TO BE EXPECTED. IT'S HONESTLY NOT EVEN THAT IMPRESSIVE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE, YOU JUST LOOK AT CURRENT TRENDS AND MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS ON THE POTENTIAL EXTREMES THEY CAN BE TAKEN TO, AND MAKE A METAPHOR OUT OF IT. IT'S MORE THE FACT THAT THE TRUMAN SHOW IS BARELY EVEN METAPHORICAL AT ALL. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SWEEPS, A STUDIO EXEC ACTUALLY GETS THE IDEA TO MAKE THEIR OWN TRUMAN SHOW "LET'S MAKE THE TORMENT NEXUS FROM THE HIT MOVIE "DON'T MAKE THE TORMENT NEXUS"" STYLE. THAT'S THE FEAR THAT LIVES IN ME, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW MUCH POWER STUDIO EXECS ARE WEIRDLY GETTING. IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL SWAY AT THIS POINT, IT'S PRACTICALLY POLITICAL POWER.
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I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT JIM CARREY, DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED. BUT ANYWAYS, UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR MODERN AGE, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HOW THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT KIDS BEING IN FRONT OF CAMERAS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, SO IT DOESN'T EXACTLY LOOK GOOD. IF POPULAR "FAMILY VLOGS" BECOME LESS OF A THING, I'LL STOP RAISING MY HACKLES ABOUT THE THEORETICAL REAL TRUMAN SHOW, BUT UNTIL THEN, I'M WARY IT COULD BECOME A REALITY WITHOUT EVEN THAT MUCH PUSHBACK.