About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of Peter Weir's film 'The Truman Show' on television and media consumption.

Peter Weir's unconventional dystopian nightmare not only predicts the future of tv, but of "viral videos," "mass consumption of media," and the sense that we're all living in a giant fishbowl.

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Cohen

Topics covered

• dystopian media
• viral videos
• mass consumption
• television history
• film analysis

Keywords

• The Truman Show
• Peter Weir
• dystopia
• media consumption
• viral videos
• television

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Truman Show

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