@hidden.ny: While casting The Truman Show (1998), director Peter Weir became convinced that Jim Carrey was right for the role after seeing him in Ace Ventura (1994), eventually waiting nearly a year for his schedule to clear rather than casting someone else. Carrey also found parallels between Truman’s life and his own experience with fame, describing the two as similar in many ways. Nearly three decades later, the film’s ideas have only become more familiar. Reality television, livestreams and social media have made it increasingly normal to watch strangers share their everyday lives, while private moments can become entertainment for enormous audiences. The Truman Show also leaves behind a simple question: Why do we become so invested in watching someone else’s reality, and can doing so sometimes distract us from our own? #thetrumanshow #trumanshow #truman

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