The Truman Show

Hey, Do You Remember...?

Christopher Schrader

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2016

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Much was made of Jim Carrey's first high-profile dramatic turn in 1998's The Truman Show, but the truth is the original version of the film was much darker and a lot more cerebral. The HDYR gang traces the project's origins as an edgy sci-fi thriller and discuss how it evolved into this decidedly lighter take. They also reminisce about the novelty of seeing Carrey branch out into more serious fare and whether or not his previous work colored their expectations going in.

Other topics include: the benefits of making the audience aware of exactly what's going on right from the start vs how great it might have been to make these discoveries with Truman, the other A-list directors that were considered before Peter Weir came aboard and what their versions might have looked like, how prescient so much of this was, how mundane a lot of it might seem to a younger generation now, and much much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, do you remember the Truman Show?
0:07.1	Hello and welcome to Hey, do Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up.
0:32.0	I'm Chris.
0:32.7	I'm Donna.
0:33.5	And I'm Carlos.
0:34.4	And today we're revisiting The Truman Show.
0:53.3	Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting the Truman Show. So on the Haiti remember Facebook page, I asked our listeners what the title of a secret reality show documenting their lives would be.
1:00.2	And I want to go through some of the responses.
1:02.3	So first up is, who should we start with?
1:06.9	Okay, Stephen.
1:07.7	Stevens said his would be called, has he really just done that?
1:17.2	And he says his girlfriend, Michelle, just said hers would be, Shell, a tale of two titties.
1:21.7	That was my favorite one. Now in its seventh season.
1:29.8	Will says his would be the introvert primed and awkward.
1:33.9	Oh, and he's even got the opening scene.
1:36.4	It's the cashier who says, thanks for shopping with us. And then he responds, you too.
1:39.0	This reminds me, so every time I get dropped off at the airport, have a good trip.
1:42.7	You too eventually someday.
1:45.5	And then I was thinking about this one time at Starbucks that somebody came in and, you know,
1:50.4	they come up to the counter and they say, I'm not buying anything.
1:53.0	Is it okay if I use your bathroom?
1:54.5	And I, overly polite.
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