Beyond Utopia
About "seeing" and "being seen", about reality and fiction, this is the place where people discuss the most. Of course, these thoughts have spread to everyone's heart at the moment, no one has no doubts about the world, in fact, people have never given up their vigilance against others. That's why people "miss" things that don't exist, and yearn for a simple utopia - which of course can't exist naturally.
And Christopher is a great dreamer, "Everything is fake, and you are real, Truman." Seriously, what touched me the most in the film was Christopher's very tender and loving stroking sleep across the big screen. The Truman. His affection for Truman is of course out of deep love - the so-called real external world is indeed cruel. People watch you endlessly and limit you, but as long as you don't know anything, I will do my best to give you All the warmth I can give. In fact, we have all thought about it jokingly or seriously: a big source of trouble is that we know too much. Everything we absorb feeds our increasingly prosperous nerves, and there are fewer and fewer simple and direct things. How many people can truly abandon all existing thinking maps in their minds in words and deeds.
As a result, Truman, as an exquisite doll in the window, as a pure and true ideal symbol, has been appreciated by everyone. Christopher is smart, he understands the psychology of the public, and can turn it into a business opportunity, "You are real, that's why everyone loves you so much..." We can see the show's promotional words: "This show does not Script, no cue card. Not necessarily a masterpiece, but it is a fake. It is a true record of a person's life." (By the way, this definition is the same as the reality TV variety show that is popular now. Regarding voyeurism and the pastime of others, Once gloriously public, there seems to be a loss of shame.)
And because of this, because of his massive base construction and condescending attitude, because he has "control", because he attracts money, people criticize him for indifference and machinery. Modern thinking seems to be that when people are uncomfortable with the status quo, the one with more power is the first to be judged and overthrown (and then replaced, in a cycle of sadness and violence). This has almost become an advertising discourse for young people to flaunt their sense of independence. It seems that they are constantly showing a posture of doubt and resistance (and helplessness), which can prove that they are sober and unyielding, which is different from mediocrity and ignorance.
And, in Truman's world, isn't it the peace of utopia? Can’t falsehood accompany calm? Is it the truth or the passion of the fleeing people? Only when Truman is desperate in the storm as a rebel, can we release our emotions to the fullest, we can feel excited and even shed tears, can we Make full use of the emotions that you have as a human being.
That being said, it seems like it's a "nothing to do" logic. But when power is accompanied by oppression, resistance can be said to be necessary, and outside the movie, "oppression" and "violation" are indeed ubiquitous game motives. All of us love games and refuse to be quiet.
However, the most wise and profound thing about Christopher is that he knew that he could not trap Truman. "If he is determined to find out the truth, no one can stop him." Persevere, just to prolong this fragile beautiful feeling.
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