The Truman Show

succeeds in making a serious point about the power of the media and the extent to which they could exert their power for their own benefits. This success is achieved by satirical means of an exaggerated situation combined with humour in the actual screenplay.

In the film, Truman Burbank (played by Jim Carrey) lives in a world which is in fact a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere, all his friends and people around him are actors who play their roles in the most popular TV-se

succeeds in making a serious point by satirical means mainly through the humour of watching a producer instruct actors to control Truman's life, but more importantly through the exaggeration of the entire event. In reality, the idea of controlling a man's existence is highly unlikely, yet achieves its purpose as it prompts the audience to think about the media and how they invade people's lives in the relentless pursuit of ratings to gain money. It is the irony of the fact that a producer created a life and a man to which he then cruelly destroyed for his own benefit that makes a serious point. The use of satire is successful as it captures the audience's attention, yet leaves them with the knowledge of what the media could be capable of.

Peter Weir (the director of the film) has used the technique of exaggeration in order to attract an audience. This is seen through the manipulation and fabrication of truth where Christof creates a sterile

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