Oerators are Standing By: Cultural Diffusion in The Truan Show – FESCH.TV

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Decades after its release, The Truman Show has proven to be prescient on a multitude of modern American concerns. Whether it be the ubiquity of communication technology, the rise of the surveillance state, or society’s voyeuristic obsession with reality-based programming, director Peter Weir held a mirror up to our collective future with this 1998 release. 

He also foresaw how influencers can facilitate the diffusion of fads and fashion to diverse populations connected via a social network.