Libra and The Truman Show: Challenge the Narrative?
DISCLAIMER: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE TRUMAN SHOW Friday night, as I was browsing Netflix on my couch with my cats trying to think of ways not to do my homework, I stumbled across the movie The Truman Show. I had seen it before but decided to watch it again. Upon my second watch, I noticed some strange similarities between it and the plot of Libra , as well as some differences... For those who have forgotten, the The Truman Show is about a man named Truman whose entire life is televised without his knowledge, and everyone around him is an actor on the show. The show takes place inside a large dome in a town called Seahaven. The movie begins with a portrait of Truman's everyday life, getting up in the morning and heading to work, and we see the viewers of the show watch and react to his quirks. In some odd sense, The Truman Show and Libra attack similar themes. The Truman Show mainly deals with Truman's struggle to understa...