5 Reasons Why 'The Truman Show' is Postmodern

The Truman Show - Directed by Peter Weir in 1998

Reasons why The Truman Show is postmodern:

1.  It is an example of hyperreality- Truman's reality is a lie but because from the moment he was born he has lived in the lie it is his true reality as he doesn't know any alternative. For him there is no clear distinction between what is real and what is fiction because for his the fiction is his only reality.

2.  There is metafiction within the film as the actors in the film are playing actors in the tv show. For example, Laura Linney plays Hannah Gill in the film who acts as Meryl Burbank- Truman's wife, in the tv show.

3. Truman's life is a simulation. The actors who he believes are his friends and family are really just actors who are even told what to say by the director. For example, there is one scene in the film when Truman's best friend is being told line by line what to say to Truman to try and stop him thinking that nothing is real.

4.  The town that Truman lives in and is the set for The Truman Show, is a nostalgic version of  an idyllic American town.

5.  The end of the film when Truman walks up the steps to leave the show's 'bubble' is a representation of someone leaving hyperreality to enter actual reality.