We like to watch people do stuff. Even the silliest and most mundane of actions will garner a large audience if the person is right. It’s fun to see celebrities and follow their every move, it’s not the healthiest thing for them or us, but hey that’s entertainment. The Truman Show conveys these points flawlessly and even serves as a prophetic film when it was released in the late 90s, in a time before reality television took off. We’ll discuss that and simulation theory and so many more topics that arise as we discuss the show about a show!
Resident fact-checker Chloe apologizes for the lack of fun facts in her second interjection and offers these in retribution:
Associated with writer Truman Capote, Truman was at the height of its popularity in the early twentieth century, around the time Capote was born. It reached its highest point—Number 249—in 1945, the year Harry Truman succeeded FDR.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson chose it for their son, and it's also the name of Martha Stewart's young grandson.
Truman Burbank was the ingenuous character played by Jim Carrey in The Truman Show, and Truman was the surname of Will in Will and Grace.
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