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#330 - The Show About Nothing

Michael and Us
Michael and Us
Episode • May 7, 2022 • 54m
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/

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