S1E26 - SEVERED Origins - "The Truman Show" PT01

Severed: The Ultimate Severance Podcast

Allen Stare

Performing Arts, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

WELCOME BACK, REFINERS!!
The 'Severed' ORIGINS Series continues with a look at a fun an interesting movie from 1998. This time out, we take on "The Truman Show" directed by Peter Weir and Starring Jim Carrey, Ed Harris and Laura Linney.

In this installment, we learn about the long and twisting path this movie took when it came to getting both a director and a script. We'll actually hit 'play' and fire it up. That's when we'll meet Christof, Louis and Hannah. Although Truman doesn't know Christof at all and he thinks Hannah's name is Meryl and Louis' name is Marlon. It's a weird existence on Seahaven...especially if your name is Truman.

This is one of the movies that inspired Dan Erickson as he was creating "Severance." It's easy to see how Truman is the perpetual innie. Christof is like a distant Jame Eagan, running the show without his charge even knowing it.

It's a fun, well-made, interesting movie that is still talked about in media ethics classes. Get ready to hit 'play', Refiner. We're headed to Seahaven!!

Huge thanks to Adam Scott, star of 'Severance' and host of the Severance Podcast for recording a custom intro for "Severed." Make sure to check out 'The Severance Podcast w/Ben Stiller & Adam Scott" wherever you found this one!

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0:00.0	Severed, the Ultimate Severance Podcast.
0:10.2	Welcome back, Refinery. You've once again found yourself listening to Severed, the Ultimate Severance Podcast.
0:20.0	I'm your host, Alan S. Our look at those things
0:22.8	that inspired the creation of severance continues with another installment of the Severed Origin series.
0:28.7	A little backstory here, refiners, I've got to admit, my Origins Eps up to now have been things I enjoy.
0:35.3	Matrix, Brazil, and office space were already big favorites of mine.
0:38.9	Since I do like to discover new movies, I was thinking maybe I should step out of my comfort
0:43.4	zone for this next Origins episode.
0:47.1	I had so much fun discovering playtime for the last podcast.
0:49.9	I figured I'd try another item on Dan Erickson's list I wasn't familiar with.
0:54.4	Dan has mentioned the 1991 David Cronenberg movie Naked Lunch as one of his inspirations.
1:00.8	I knew the title, but that was about it.
1:03.3	I knew it was considered a troubling classic and had been a punchline on a couple of Simpsons episodes.
1:08.5	Beyond that, I really didn't know anything about either the
1:11.6	1959 William S. Burroughs book or the 1991 movie. So I dove in. The movie is a loose and
1:19.7	strange adaptation of an incredibly strange and borderline obscene novel. The movie is really more
1:27.1	about the writing of the novel than it is about anything in the book.
1:31.2	The book is considered unfilmable.
1:33.8	I watched the 1991 movie Naked Lunch, Dear Refiner.
1:37.1	It's directed by David Cronenberg.
1:39.5	No offense to Mr. Cronenberg or his fans, but his body horror stuff is just not my cup of tea.
1:45.8	Ever since a 17-year-old me watched a guy's head explode in scanners,
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