Michael and Us: The Show About Nothing
How prescient was THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998), really?
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Show Notes
THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) is widely remembered as a prescient film that anticipates the rise of social media and reality TV. But how accurate was its forecast, really? And what, exactly, was it saying? And hey—did the audience watch Truman go to the bathroom? We investigate.
"The Audience is Us" by Jonathan Rosenbaum: https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/07/the-audience-is-us/
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.